Back Roads
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Martin Ritt
John Jackson
Louis Nicholas
Matthew Campion
Joe Ferd
Donald Barry
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Amy Post is a prostitute who has never gotten over having given her only child up for adoption. When Amy meets a drifter named Elmore Pratt, she does not like him. But the two misfits are both dreaming of a better life, and so they take to the road, leaving the deep South and heading for California. Before long, they realize that they are falling in love with each other.
Director
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Martin Ritt
Cast
John Jackson
Louis Nicholas
Matthew Campion
Joe Ferd
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Donald Barry
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Sally Field
Brian Frishman
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M. Emmet Walsh
John Wilmot
Royce D Applegate
Bob Hannah
Ralph Seymour
Philip Gordon
Eliott Keener
Jim Bailey
Nell Carter
Woody Watson
Arthur Pugh
Eric Laneuville
Billy Jayne
John Dennis Johnston
Diane Sommerfield
Barbara Babcock
Miriam Colon
Dave Powledge
Fred Baldwin
John Jackson
Cherie Brantley
Alex Colon
Michael V Gazzo
Bill Holliday
Duke Alexander
Leonardo J Noriega
David Keith
Richard Charles Boyle
Lee De Broux
David Dahlgren
Sherrie Whitman
Tony Gianios
Barbara Thompson
Henry State
David Pellette
Dan Shor
Bruce M. Fischer
Gerry Olunell
Eupita Cornego
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Tom Lee Jones
Jack Shadix
Lee Mclaughlin
Crew
Margaret Adachi
John Alonzo
Wayne Artman
Wayne Beauchamp
Tom Beckert
Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
Valley Via Boschce
Jeff Bushelman
Terri Cannon-cole
Jim Coe
Golda David
Gary De Vore
Robert Drasnin
David Ellis
Gregory Garrison
Michael Harte
Bud Heller
Walter Scott Herndon
R Dudley Holmes
Michael Jiron
Sidney Levin
Milton Lustig
Agnes Lyon
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
Bob Mills
Patricia Mock
Sue Raney
Martin Ritt
Marion Rosenberg
Wally Samson
Ronaldo Sheldo
Ira Shuman
Patrick Somerset
Rick Sparr
Barry D Thomas
Marion Tumen
Ron L Wright
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States March 1981
Released in United States Spring March 1, 1981
Released in United States March 1981
Released in United States Spring March 1, 1981