Film

Back Roads

1981 · 1h 34m · Comedy · Romance

Running from the past, and backing into love.

IMDb

5.7

Rotten Tomatoes

40%

Metacritic

48

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.

Sally Field

Amy Post

Tommy Lee Jones

Elmore Pratt

David Keith

Mason

M. Emmet Walsh

Arthur

Michael V. Gazzo

Tazio

Nell Carter

Waitress

Royce D. Applegate

The Father

Don 'Red' Barry

Pete

Billy Jayne

The Boy Thief

Brian Frishman

Bleitz

Dan Shor

Spivey

Barbara Babcock

Rickey's Mom

Alex Colon

Enrique

Lee de Broux

Red

Ralph Seymour

Gosler

Tony Ganios

Bartini

• Martin RittDirector
• Gary DeVoreWriter
• Ronald ShedloProducer
• John A. AlonzoDirector of Photography
• Henry ManciniOriginal Music Composer
• Sidney LevinEditor
• Patricia MockCasting

Back Roads 1981 TV trailer

Release date

March 13, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Revenue

$11,800,000

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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