by gregory bryant gkhb/11.14.04-12.22.04 script running time : 90 minutes black and white film cast : opening scenes unnamed private unnamed sergeant unnamed general house in the desert old man old mans wife desert town sheriff ( bean ) sheriffs wife ( mattie ) pharmacist ( doc ) grocer ( eddie ) ernie ( gas station owner ) ej ernie , jr. ; ernies son the teenagers randy debbie jesse amy dan sarah curt wendy opening opens with narrator reading scrolling text after half a century , this story can finally be told .