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Status
Released
Release
1981
Runtime
1h 34m
Available options inUS
Sometimes it takes a stranger to give you the courage to follow your heart.
Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on leave causes tongues to wag in town.
18 Cast Members
Sissy Spacek
Nita
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
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
Lee Wackerhagen
Old Man
Dave Davis
Deputy
