High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Cast
Timothy Bottoms
Sonny Crawford
Cybill Shepherd
Jacy Farrow
Jeff Bridges
Duane Jackson
Cloris Leachman
Ruth Popper
Ellen Burstyn
Lois Farrow
Ben Johnson
Sam the Lion
Randy Quaid
Lester Marlow
Clu Gulager
Abilene
Eileen Brennan
Genevieve
Sam Bottoms
Billy
Sharon Ullrick
Charlene Duggs
Bill Thurman
Coach Popper
Jessie Lee Fulton
Miss Mosey
Helena Humann
Jimmie Sue
Barc Doyle
Joe Bob Blanton
Gary Brockette
Bobby Sheen
John Hillerman
English teacher
Joe Heathcock
Sheriff
Kimberly Hyde
Annie-Annie Martin
Noble Willingham
Chester
Janice O'Malley
Mrs. Clarg
Grover Lewis
Sonny's father
Peter Bogdanovich
DJ (voice) (uncredited)
Loyd Catlett
Leroy
Robert Glenn
Gene Farrow
Floyd Mahaney
Oklahoma Patrolman
Joye Hash
Mrs. Jackson
Gordon Hurst
Monroe
Charles Seybert
Andy Fanner
Frank Marshall
Tommy Logan
Tom Martin
Larry
Stuart Spates
Roughneck in Truck (uncredited)
Marjorie Jay
Winnie Snips
Pamela Keller
Jackie Lee French
Mike Hosford
Johnny
Faye Jordan
Nurse
Rebecca Ulrick
Marlene
Merrill Shepherd
Agnes
Buddy Wood
Bud
Kenny Wood
Ken
Leon Brown
Cowboy in Cafe
Bobby McGriff
Truck Driver
Jack Mueller
Oil Pumper
Robert Arnold
Brother Blanton
Otis Elmore
1st Mechanic
Charles Salmon
Roughneck Driver
George Gaulden
Cowboy
Will Morris Hannis
Gas Station Man
Crew
Peter Bogdanovich
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Larry McMurtry
Screenplay, Novel
Donn Cambern
Editor
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
William A. Morrison
Second Assistant Director
Robert Rubin
Assistant Director
Marilyn La Salandra
Production Coordinator
Bert Schneider
Executive Producer
Stephen J. Friedman
Producer
Bob Rafelson
Producer
Harold Schneider
Associate Producer
Mae Woods
Production Assistant
Polly Platt
Production Design, Costume Design
Terry K. Meade
Camera Operator
Leonard Lookabaugh
Dolly Grip
Ross Brown
Casting
Nancy McArdle
Wardrobe Coordinator
Mickey Sherrard
Wardrobe Coordinator
Tom Overton
Sound Mixer
Dean Salmon
Boom Operator
George Lillie
Painter
Al Litteken
Construction Coordinator
Ed Shanley
Construction Coordinator
Walter Starkey
Props
Louis Donelan
Props
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Frank Marshall
Location Manager
Vincent M. Cresciman
Assistant Production Design
Carl Manoogian
Key Grip
Alan Goldenhar
Gaffer
Don Guest
Unit Production Manager
Walter Scott Herndon
Art Direction
Elly Mitchell
Production Secretary
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