Overview

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

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Cast

Timothy Bottoms

Sonny Crawford

Cybill Shepherd

Jacy Farrow

Jeff Bridges

Duane Jackson

Cloris Leachman

Ruth Popper

Ellen Burstyn

Lois Farrow

Ben Johnson

Sam the Lion

Randy Quaid

Lester Marlow

Clu Gulager

Abilene

Eileen Brennan

Genevieve

Sam Bottoms

Billy

Sharon Ullrick

Charlene Duggs

Bill Thurman

Coach Popper