The Work and the Glory

Name: The Work and the Glory
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 2005-01-21
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Eric Johnson, Alexander Carroll, Tiffany Dupont

IMDb ID: tt0410454 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 6.5 (1,251 votes)

Genres: Romance · Drama

In the 1820s, the Benjamin Steed family moves to Palmyra in upstate New York, and becomes involved with the new Mormon religion and its founder, Joseph Smith.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: The Work and the Glory
Canada: The Work and the Glory (English)
United Kingdom: The Work and the Glory
Ireland: The Work and the Glory (English)
India: The Work and the Glory (English)
New Zealand: The Work and the Glory (English)
United States: The Work and the Glory
South Africa: The Work and the Glory (English)
Spain: Camino a la gloria
Portugal: Fé e Glória: O Início
Spain: L'obra i la glòria (Catalan)
Spain: La obra y la gloria
Hungary: Munka és dicsőség
United States: Pillar of Light: The Work and the Glory (Working Title)
Serbia: Poduhvat i slava
Brazil: Tempo de Glória
Russia: Работа и слава
Pillar of Light: The Work and the GloryContent RatingPGRelease Date2005-01-21Runtime110 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews35Critic Reviews5Countries / RegionsUnited StatesLanguagesEnglishKeywords1820s
1830s
period drama
mormon church
sibling rivalryFilming LocationsJohnson City, Tennessee, USAProduction CompaniesManchester PicturesOfficial SitesExcel Entertainment Group - http://workandtheglory.comIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410454/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0410454.jpgUpdated At2025-09-11T19:15:00

Directors

Russell Holt

Writers

Russell Holt
Gerald N. Lund

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Sam Hennings | Character: Benjamin Steed
Actor: Brenda Strong | Character: Mary Ann Steed
Actor: Eric Johnson | Character: Joshua Steed
Actor: Alexander Carroll | Character: Nathan Steed
Actor: Tiffany Dupont | Character: Lydia McBride
Actor: Brighton Hertford | Character: Melissa Steed, Narrator
Actor: Kimberly Varadi | Character: Becca Steed
Actor: Colin Ford | Character: Matthew Steed
Actor: Kathryn Firago | Character: Hannah McBride
Actor: Jim Grimshaw | Character: Josiah McBride
Actor: Jonathan Scarfe | Character: Joseph Smith
Actor: Sarah Darling | Character: Emma Smith
Actor: Edward Albert | Character: Martin Harris
Actor: Ryan Wood | Character: Hyrum Smith
Actor: Jordan Rose Tarter | Character: Sophronia Smith
Actor: Anne Sward | Character: Lucy Mack Smith
Actor: Levi Larsen | Character: Samuel Smith
Actor: Sara Jade Woodhouse | Character: Will Murdock
Actor: Jonathan Quint | Character: Mark Cooper
Actor: Phillip DeVona | Character: David Murdock
Actor: Marcus Hester | Character: Caleb Jackson
Actor: Emily Podleski | Character: Jessica Roundy
Actor: Bill Crabb | Character: Asa Phelps
Actor: Annie Abbott | Character: Edith Gates
Actor: Wayne Grace | Character: First Land Agent
Actor: Charles Howerton | Character: Second Land Agent
Actor: Kevin Stillwell | Character: First Man
Actor: Bruce Taylor | Character: First Member
Actor: Sheri Mann Stewart | Character: First Woman
Actor: Marc Macaulay | Character: Land Speculator
Actor: Stephen Gentry | Character: Second Man
Actor: Zane Miller | Character: First Suitor
Actor: Joseph Wilkins | Character: Second Member
Actor: Tom Turbiville | Character: Teamster
Actor: Carey Jones | Character: Third Man
Actor: James Van Harper | Character: Wagon Master
Actor: Richie Dye | Character: Clinton Roundy
Actor: Laura Whyte | Character: Aunt Helen
Actor: Terry Haskell | Character: First Troublemaker
Actor: Terry Londeree | Character: Parson
Actor: Jarron Vosburg | Character: Young Joseph
Actor: Thais Albert | Character: Cousin Sabina
Actor: Bruce McKinnon | Character: Preacher
Actor: William David Witt | Character: Man on the bench
Actor: William J. Mode | Character: Pipe smoking tavern patron
Actor: Brian Shaw Jr. | Character: Farm Boy

[Directors Group]
Name: Russell Holt | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Russell Holt | Role: Writer
Name: Gerald N. Lund | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Jeff T. Miller | Role: Producer
Name: Larry H. Miller | Role: Producer
Name: Scott Swofford | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Sam Cardon | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: T.C. Christensen | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Stephen L. Johnson | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Rene Haynes | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: John R. Uibel | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Roger Crandall | Role: Art Director
Name: Richard Jamison | Role: Art Director

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Les Boothe | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Cathren Warner | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Mary Everett | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Gina Homan | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Lora Laing | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Ed Matsu | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Stephanie Scott | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Laurie Vukich | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Rick Gordon | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Cody Harbaugh | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: J. Scott Smiley | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Heather Toone | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Brian Barber | Role: Art Department
Name: William Barber | Role: Art Department
Name: Andrew M. Casbon III | Role: Art Department
Name: Bart Cox | Role: Art Department
Name: Rick Curtis | Role: Art Department
Name: George W. Harding III | Role: Art Department
Name: Thomas V. Johnson | Role: Art Department
Name: Scott Kubricky | Role: Art Department
Name: Ben Lund | Role: Art Department
Name: David Lyons | Role: Art Department
Name: Scott Mahaney | Role: Art Department
Name: Eric Oliphant | Role: Art Department
Name: Lamond Reynolds | Role: Art Department
Name: Ronald H. Sachs | Role: Art Department
Name: Vince Shorter | Role: Art Department
Name: Patty Smales | Role: Art Department
Name: Linden Snyder | Role: Art Department
Name: Clark Swofford | Role: Art Department
Name: Carol Taylor | Role: Art Department
Name: Jason Walser | Role: Art Department
Name: W. Wayne Walser | Role: Art Department
Name: E. Parker Webb | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Joseph L. Garrard | Role: Sound Department
Name: Steven C. Laneri | Role: Sound Department
Name: Michael L. McDonough | Role: Sound Department
Name: David Parker | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ryan Purcell | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lorita de la Cerna | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Shannon Kelsey Hokama | Role: Special Effects
Name: David P. Kelsey | Role: Special Effects
Name: Kenneth Macinnes | Role: Special Effects
Name: Michael Roundy | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Craig Barron | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Scott Brisbane | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Krystyna Demkowicz | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Paul Rivera | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Kurtis Burr | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Arabella Cecil | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brandon Christensen | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tanner Christensen | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Zep Christensen | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Allen Dial | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rhett E. Fernsten | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Christopher 'Gerdo' Gerding | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Fritz Lindbeck | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tyler Meiners | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Glade Quinn | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Chris Reiter | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Matt Stelling | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Mitch Stelling | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Roger Stoddard | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Joanne Brooks | Role: Casting Department
Name: Sandy Gardner | Role: Casting Department
Name: Jeff Ham | Role: Casting Department
Name: David Holt | Role: Casting Department
Name: Kim McCray | Role: Casting Department
Name: Angel Thompson | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Stephanie Alton | Role: Costume Department
Name: Nancy Jones | Role: Costume Department
Name: Meladi Lindley | Role: Costume Department
Name: Jacqueline Newell | Role: Costume Department
Name: Amber Williams | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Wade Bartlett | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Tom Kugler | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Chantelle Squires | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Alan Oakes | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Kurt Bestor | Role: Music Department
Name: Daron Bradford | Role: Music Department
Name: Greg Buttars | Role: Music Department
Name: Cliff Butter | Role: Music Department
Name: Meredith Campbell | Role: Music Department
Name: Sam Cardon | Role: Music Department
Name: Dan Carlisle | Role: Music Department
Name: Michael Greene | Role: Music Department
Name: Nicholas Greer | Role: Music Department
Name: Bryan Hernandez-Luch | Role: Music Department
Name: Ted Hinckley | Role: Music Department
Name: Nathan Hofheins | Role: Music Department
Name: Simon James | Role: Music Department
Name: Mark Jardine | Role: Music Department
Name: Stan Jensen | Role: Music Department
Name: Scott Johnson | Role: Music Department
Name: Craig Miner | Role: Music Department
Name: Lisle Moore | Role: Music Department
Name: Paul Rasmussen | Role: Music Department
Name: Brian Valantino | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Jason Allred | Role: Production Department
Name: Michelle Martinez | Role: Production Department
Name: Terri Pappas | Role: Production Department
Name: Brooke Redmon | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Suzanne Bingham | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: William 'Fleet' Eakland | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Jesse Henninger | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Angelo Loffredo | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Bert Lund | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Larry Matson | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Brett Miller | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Martha Pruette | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Lamond Reynolds | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Dee Warner | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Richard Webb | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Sherry Webb | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Jimmy Anderson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Brenda Armstrong | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Roger Beaty | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Roger Blomquist | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mike Brown | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ron Brown | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ryan Brown | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Stan Burch | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Devin Carter | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Joshua Cheek | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jacky Christian | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Wayne Clemons | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ray Colley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Matt Cooper | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kim Eshenroder | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bill Green | Role: Additional Crew
Name: George Griner | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Terry Haskell | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Brian Kubricky | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Darek Makhoul | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Eric Matson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kevin McNiven | Role: Additional Crew
Name: William J. Mode | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dan Muscarella | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Betty G. Pickren | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Fenton Quinn | Role: Additional Crew
Name: James Quinn | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Cammon Randle | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dennis Rocks | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Michael Santeramo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Cobb Srecker | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rozanne Stark | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Judith Thompson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Micah Young | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Nathan Lux | Role: Thanks

Trailers

Pillar of Light: The Work and the Glory | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1570504985/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi1570504985/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1563605522074.mp4?Expires=1788407363&Signature=VxIdiDCgqLhHWlBxVrSROw4jVa~2oQK7fBOGS1k9cMaGw8MYTerwF5GTHPsxK5QQpGW~XlywT3vgXLlNHoGBfdJsRwFYe67tD0n5x~owohCZoX2S5~ofg-2SVNZY9TBuo9wtV-JYIbQ6KaxqP3tQQhirkiFFHHIgmVvxIu7NB1vU~jxUuWHdJbQtzq7MVePoJ4F-bgmKFLPzaxYp~oL0MVCEtpsQoGfgDpf57eLYs6ePiQIrUZPea8oNM47NGpkrzfZJOBmOuAe4SoSCibWo-YQFxcRPtHGtJwv6jjN3pBQsF98cJbSU9wJzJlPQy45xKi7Bs0HvhlDcc9M19caHYw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

Release Schedule

United States: November 24, 2004 (limited)
United States: January 21, 2005
United States: October 16, 2006 (re-release)

Awards

No awards or nominations listed on IMDb.

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