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Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones in "Back Roads" poster, highlighting themes of romance and overcoming the past.

Back Roads (1981)

A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.

Cast:
Amy Post: Sally Field
Elmore Pratt: Tommy Lee Jones
Mason: David Keith
Angel: Miriam Colon
Tazio: Michael V. Gazzo
Spivey: Dan Shor
Arthur: M. Emmet Walsh
Rickey's Mom: Barbara Babcock
Waitress: Nell Carter
Enrique: Alex Colon
Red: Lee de Broux
Gosler: Ralph Seymour
The Father: Royce D. Applegate
Ezra: Bruce M. Fischer
Gilly: John Dennis Johnston
Pete: Don 'Red' Barry
The Boy Thief: Billy Jayne
Pinball Wizard: Eric Laneuville
Bleitz: Brian Frishman
Liz: Diane Sommerfield
Grover: Henry Slate
Stromberg: Matthew Campion
Bartini: Tony Ganios
Deputy: Lee McLaughlin
Taper: Arthur Pugh
Oren: Gerry Okuneff
Burt: Louie Nicholas
Ellen: Cherie Brantley
Billy: Jim Bailey
Gordy: Fred Baldwin
Isaac: Billy Holliday
Flo: Barbara Thompson
Peter: Buddy Thompson
Caleb: Phil Gordon
The Cop: Mike Barton
Ernest: Richard Charles Boyle
Maralyn: Sherrie Whitman
Cory: Lupita Cornejo
Vernon: Bob Hannah
Fight Announcer: David Powledge
Willis: Eliott Keener
Referee: David Pellette
Mel: David Dahlgren
Merle: John M. Jackson
Ed: John Wilmot
Orville: Jack E. Shadix
Bartender at Pearl's: Leonardo J. Noriega
Max: Joe Ford
Larry: Woody Watson
Charlie: Duke Alexander
Street Drug Dealer: Bennett Wayne Dean Sr.
Carnival Attendee: Doris Dean

Written by: Gary DeVore

Director: Martin Ritt

Production: CBS Theatrical Films, Meta-Films Associates, Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date: 13 Mar 1981

Box Office: $11,809,387
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