A cynical look at the life of a not so nice country-western singer, Maury Dann - played by Rip Torn in one of his most memorable performances. He ruthlessly manipulates every one around him...
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| Rip Torn | ... | Maury Dann | |
| Ahna Capri | ... | Mayleen Travis | |
| Elayne Heilveil | ... | Rosamond McClintock | |
| Michael C. Gwynne | ... | Clarence McGinty | |
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Jeff Morris | ... | Bob Tally |
| Cliff Emmich | ... | Chicago | |
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Henry O. Arnold | ... | Ted |
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Bobby Smith | ... | Lyman Pitt |
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Dallas Smith | ... | Henry Tutweiler |
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Richard Hoffman | ... | Foggy Bottom Yonce |
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Walter Bamberg | ... | Bridgeway |
| Eleanor Fell | ... | Galen Dann | |
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Clara Dunn | ... | Mama Dann |
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Linda Spatz | ... | Sandy |
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Earle Trigg | ... | Bob Dickey |
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A cynical look at the life of a not so nice country-western singer, Maury Dann - played by Rip Torn in one of his most memorable performances. He ruthlessly manipulates every one around him to suit his selfish needs...he even gets his limo driver to take the blame for the death of a fan which he stabbed. Written by Ian Johnston <bjmoose@idirect.com>
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9 June 1975 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Maury Dann: He went to take a shit and the birds got him.
Clarence McGinty: Is that quit or fired?
Maury Dann: A little bit of both.
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Maury Dann, played by Rip Torn, mentions that one of his children is named Elmore. Torn's real first name is Elmore. See more »Quotes
Clarence McGinty: Where's Bob Tally?Maury Dann: He went to take a shit and the birds got him.
Clarence McGinty: Is that quit or fired?
Maury Dann: A little bit of both.
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Referenced in At the Movies: Songwriter/Nineteen Eighty-Four/Witness/Mrs. Soffel See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I remember watching this film late night in college on the movie channel Encore some 15 years ago. It is a great flick that captures what life on the road for a country western singer must have been like. As others have noted, it could serve as a biography for Johnny Cash and many others of that era who lived a life of pills, booze, and one-night stands with a little music sprinkled in between. Rip Torn is great in this movie, though it's hard now not to picture him as Arthur from the Larry Sanders Show. The one line from Torn's character that sticks with me even today is: "You only go through this life once. You might as well do it in a Cadillac." I'd love to see this movie again but I imagine it would be a hard find.