Plot
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
Crew
Peter Bogdanovich
Director
Larry McMurtry
Screenplay
Peter Bogdanovich
Screenplay
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Stephen J. Friedman
Producer
Bob Rafelson
Producer
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