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Back Roads (1981)

R | | Adventure, Comedy, Romance | 13 March 1981 (USA)
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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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Enrique
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Red
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Gosler
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The Father
Bruce M. Fischer ...
Ezra
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Gilly
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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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road movie | diner | on the road | hitchhiking | police | See All (26) »

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Running from the past, and backing into love.

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Adventure | Comedy | Romance

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Sally Field has said that her character in this movie was similar to her Norma Rae (1979) character in that both women were tough, streetwise and Southern. See more »

Quotes

Elmore Pratt: [referring to the meal he's just ordered for Amy] The hamburger you are about to eat will *not* make you feel any better, but they will give you a prize if you can get out the door before you throw up.
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Ask Me No Questions (I'll Tell You No Lies)
Written by Henry Mancini
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Performed by Sue Raney
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Interesting movie about two marginal people
4 April 2001 | by (Weaverville, NC) – See all my reviews

This little film has hooker Sally Field and drifter Tommy Lee Jones hitting the road together when Jones ruins Field's chances for, ahem, gainful employment in the one-horse Southern town where she lives after he decks a cop who tries to bust her. Along the way the two encounter various predicaments and characters, as well as revealing parts of their pasts. Fascinating study that gives two people on the fringe of society faces and intriguing stories. Keep an eye peeled for Nell Carter as a pistol-packin' waitress. Not a bad way to pass the time.

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