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.

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
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Release Date
October 3, 1971
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director