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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1981-03-13
Languageen
Runtime1h 34m
Revenue$11,800,000
Production

CBS Theatrical Films, Meta-Films Associates

5.4(30)
•1981•1h 34m

Back Roads

"Running from the past, and backing into love."

ComedyRomance

Overview

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.

Director
Martin Ritt
Writing & Screenplay
Gary DeVore
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo

Principal Cast

39 credited
Sally Field
Sally FieldAmy Post
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee JonesElmore Pratt
David Keith
David KeithMason
M. Emmet Walsh
M. Emmet WalshArthur
Michael V. Gazzo
Michael V. GazzoTazio
Nell Carter
Nell CarterWaitress
Royce D. Applegate
Royce D. ApplegateThe Father
Don 'Red' Barry
Don 'Red' BarryPete
Billy Jayne
Billy JayneThe Boy Thief
Brian Frishman
Brian FrishmanBleitz

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Back Roads (1981) | Cinelio