 Based on Thomas Hardy s 19th century novel, Bathsheba Everdene is a willful, passionate girl who is never satisfied with anything less than a man s complete and helpless adoration. And she captures the lives and loves of three very different men: Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), a sheep farmer who is captivated by her beauty and proposes marriage; William Boldwood (Peter Finch), a prosperous man in his early forties and a confirmed bachelor; and Sergeant Frank Troy (Terence Stamp), a handsome, reckless swordsman given to sudden fits of violence. Produced by Joseph Janni and directed by John Schlesinger ("Billy Liar," "Darling").