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.
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
small town
new love
based on novel or book
texas
graduation
high school graduation
billiard hall
graduation present
black and white
elopement
1950s
thoughtful
Rank
#9 in 1971·#817 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.2 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
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
Eileen Brennan
Genevieve
Sam Bottoms
Billy
Sharon Ullrick
Charlene Duggs
Bill Thurman
Coach Popper
Crew
Peter Bogdanovich
Director
Larry McMurtry
Screenplay
Peter Bogdanovich
Screenplay
Peter Bogdanovich
Editor
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Bert Schneider
Executive Producer
Bob Rafelson
Producer
Larry McMurtry
Novel
Polly Platt
Production Design
Polly Platt
Costume Design
Frank Marshall
Location Manager
Popular Reviews
422 reviews
Tristan Stewart
10.0★ · 03/14/26
“Never you mind, never you mind.”
Everyone is so hot in this movie, lethal face cards all around. Ellen Burstyn, the treasure that you are. Third time watching it and it still holds up.
Everyone is so hot in this movie, lethal face cards all around. Ellen Burstyn, the treasure that you are. Third time watching it and it still holds up.
