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Raggedy Man (1981)
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William D. Wittliff (writer)
Release Date:
18 September 1981 (USA)
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Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II...
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 1 nomination
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Lovely film, botched video
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sissy Spacek | ... | Nita Longley |
 | Eric Roberts | ... | Teddy |
 | Sam Shepard | ... | Bailey |
 | William Sanderson | ... | Calvin |
 | Tracey Walter | ... | Arnold |
 | R.G. Armstrong | ... | Rigby |
 | Henry Thomas | ... | Harry |
| Carey Hollis Jr. | ... | Henry |
| Ed Geldart | ... | Mr. Calloway |
| Bill Thurman | ... | Sheriff |
| Suzi McLaughlin | ... | Jean Lester |
| Lupe Juárez | ... | Crecencio the Barkeeper |
| Jessie Lee Fulton | ... | Miss Pud |
| LuBelle Camp | ... | Miss Beulah |
| James N. Harrell | ... | Ticket Taker |
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94 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Continuity: When Henry drops the knife, it is a foot or more from the wet spot that he had been dragged through. When Calvin tries to pick it up seconds later, it is in the center of the wet spot.
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Featured in E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special (2002) (TV)
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The most glorious scene of the film - a lovely and loving sequence in which Sissy Spacek dances with her broom as she sweeps the house, singing along with the Andrews Sisters' "Rum and Coca-Cola" - has been brutally excised from the video - I assume due to rights restrictions -and it's enough to make you cry. That sweet, simple scene is one of those priceless film moments that will haunt you always - if you were lucky enough to see the film before it was raped. Still, even a ravaged "Raggedy Man" (inside joke) is a marvelous film - especially for the honesty in Spacek's and Eric Roberts' portrayals, the surprise redemption delivered at the end, and the charming presence of a pre-"E.T." Henry Thomas.