Back Roads
“Running from the past, and backing into love.”
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.
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Cast
40 people
Sally Field
Amy Post
Known for
Forrest Gump
Mrs. Doubtfire
Don Barry
Pete
Tommy Lee Jones
Elmore Pratt
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Men in Black
No Country for Old Men
David Keith
Mason
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Firestarter
Raise Your Voice
M. Emmet Walsh
Arthur
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Blade Runner
Wild Wild West
Michael V. Gazzo
Tazio
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The Godfather Part II
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Nell Carter
Waitress
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Modern Problems
Bebe's Kids
Royce D. Applegate
The Father
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seaQuest DSV
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Don 'Red' Barry
Pete
Known for
Johnny Got His Gun
Orca
Billy Jayne
The Boy Thief
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Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Cujo
Brian Frishman
Bleitz
Known for
Midnight Madness
Dan Shor
Spivey
Known for
Tron
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Martin Ritt Director · Gary DeVore Writer Henry Mancini Composer
Worldwide gross $12M · United States release March 13, 1981 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$11,800,000
Production
CBS Theatrical Films
Production
Meta-Films Associates
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
CBS Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 13, 1981
Theatrical
Denmark
January 22, 1982 · Theatrical
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