"Running from the past, and backing into love." 13 March 1981 Comedy, Romance 94 mins
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.
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Sally Field as Amy Post
Tommy Lee Jones as Elmore Pratt
David Keith as Mason
M. Emmet Walsh as Arthur
Michael V. Gazzo as Tazio
Nell Carter as Waitress
Royce D. Applegate as The Father
Don Barry as Pete
Billy Jayne as The Boy Thief
Dan Shor as Spivey
Barbara Babcock as Rickey's Mom
Alex Colon as Enrique
Lee de Broux as Red
Ralph Seymour as Gosler
Tony Ganios as Bartini
Gerry Okuneff as Oren
Martin Ritt Director
Janet Brady Stunts
Ronald Shedlo Producer
Gary DeVore Writer
Golda David Associate Producer
Henry Mancini Original Music Composer
John A. Alonzo Director of Photography
Sidney Levin Editor
Patricia Mock Casting
Walter Scott Herndon Production Design
Gregory Garrison Set Decoration
Terri Cannon Hairstylist
Bob Mills Makeup Artist
David R. Ellis Stunt Coordinator
Steve M. Davison Stunts
Nebenstraßen Trailer
Dos hacia California Trailer
Проселочные дороги Trailer
Denmark 22 January 1982
United States 13 March 1981
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Back Roads (1981
A television trailer for Martin Ritt's 1981 comedy "Back Roads" starring Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
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TV spot for the comedy film Back Roads from 1981.
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