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Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law "The General" and is helped by Jimmy, a former asylum inmate, and the good-natured Louise. The bar is rapidly losing money and Charlie wants to buy it cheaply before it becomes publicly known that a nearby bridge is to be built. Louise offers her savings to go into partnership with Floyd, but Floyd decides to sell when he is forced to pay his back taxes.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes27%
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter MastersonDirector
- Bill BozzoneWriter
- Phil MarshallOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene HackmanFloyd
- Teri GarrLouise
- Burgess MeredithThe General
- Elias KoteasJimmy
- Kevin CooneyCharlie O'Donnell
- David DotyVirgil
- Gil GlasgowBaytch
- Becky Ann BakerDorothy
- Marietta MarichLois
- Alexandra MastersonAnnie
- William LarsenJack Hill
- Mitchell GossettMarone
Stills
Themes
texas