BACK ROADS

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• Release Year: 1981
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
• Plot: Running from the past and backing into love.; ; Sally Field reunites with her Norma Rae director Martin Ritt (Hud, Sounder) for this engaging road comedy that also stars Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive, The Hunted.) and David Keith (An Officer and a Gentleman). Field plays Amy Post. a hooker with a heart of gold who winds up on the road to California with Elmore Pratt (Jones), a crooked former prize fighter with maybe one good fight left in him. Sharing a turbulent relationship, the pair heads west from the Deep South - each banking on the new beginnings that beckon and the dreams that may come true once they reach the Golden State. M. Emmet Walsh, Barbara Babcock and Nell Carter (as a pistol-packing waitress) add touches of flavor to this gritty, absorbing story of two people living on the fringe, and their intriguing journey.;
• Cast: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon, Michael V. Gazzo, Dan Shor, M. Emmet Walsh, Barbara Babcock, Nell Carter, Alex Colon, Lee de Broux, Ralph Seymour, Royce D. Applegate, Bruce M. Fischer, John Dennis Johnston, Don 'Red' Barry, Billy Jayne, Eric Laneuville, Brian Frishman, Diane Sommerfield, Henry Slate, Matthew Campion, Tony Ganios, Lee McLaughlin, Arthur Pugh, Gerry Okuneff, Louie Nicholas, Cherie Brantley, Jim Bailey, Fred Baldwin, Billy Holliday, Barbara Thompson, Buddy Thompson, Phil Gordon, Mike Barton, Richard Charles Boyle, Sherrie Whitman, Lupita Cornejo, David Powledge, Eliott Keener, David Pellette, David Dahlgren, John M. Jackson, John Wilmot, Jack E. Shadix, Leonardo J. Noriega, James Michael Bailey, Joe Ford, Woody Watson, Duke Alexander, Bob Hannah, Bennett Wayne Dean Sr., Martin Ritt, Gary DeVore
• Director: Martin Ritt
• Runtime: 1:44
• Company: Paramount, CBS Films, Warner Bros., Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), MGM/CBS Home Video, Paramount Home Video
• Media Format: Movie