The read
A Balasaur Score of 59 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 44%. Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,113 1970s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes44%
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Herman RaucherWriter
- Max Baer Jr.Director
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robby BensonBilly Joe McAllister
- Glynnis O'ConnorBobbie Lee Hartley
- Joan HotchkisAnna 'Mama' Hartley
- Terence GoodmanJames Hartley
- Sandy McPeakGlenn 'Papa' Hartley
- James BestDewey Barksdale
- Becky BowenBecky Thompson
- Simpson HemphillBrother Taylor
- Rebecca JerniganMrs. Thompson
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Themes
sexual identitysexual frustrationmississippi riverbridgecoming of agedollbased on song, poem or rhymeyoung loveteen suicidejumping off a bridgegay themedeep south