A compassionate love story tracing the relationship between a burnt-out Country & Western star and the young widow he meets in a Texas motel. With his country singing career on the skids and along with life's disappointments, he hides at the bottom of a bottle. He has nowhere else to turn. But then an attractive widow and her young son arrive to help him pick up the shattered pieces. Through her love and inspiration he learns to give thanks for tender, if small, mercies.
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Written by
Horton Foote
Starring
Robert Duvall (Mac Sledge); Tess Harper (Rosa Lee); Betty Buckley (Dixie Scott); Wilford Brimley (Harry); Ellen Barkin (Sue Anne); Allan Hubbard (Sonny); Lenny von Dohlen (Robert (as Lenny Von Dohlen)); Paul Gleason (Reporter); Michael Crabtree (Lewis Menefee); Norman Bennett (Reverend Hotchkiss); Andrew Scott Hollon (Larue); Rick Murray (Jake (Slater Mill Boys)); Stephen Funchess (Bertie (Slater Mill Boys)); Glen Fleming (Steve (Slater Mill Boys)); James Aaron (Henry (Slater Mill Boys)). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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