• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1971-10-03
  • Runtime119 minutes
  • TaglineAnarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…
  • Revenue29,133,000$
  • GenreDrama, Romance
  • Production
    CompaniesBBS Productions
  • Budget1,300,000$

Movie Overview

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.

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Timothy Bottoms

Cybill Shepherd

Jeff Bridges

Cloris Leachman

Ellen Burstyn

Ben Johnson

Randy Quaid

Clu Gulager

Eileen Brennan

Sam Bottoms

Sharon Ullrick

Bill Thurman

Jessie Lee Fulton

John Hillerman

Kimberly Hyde

Noble Willingham

Loyd Catlett

Frank Marshall