opens a major season of films new to television. This week starring
Robert Duvall Tess Harper
When Mac Sledge, a one-time famous singer-songwriter, wakes up one morning in a small Texas town, he finds himself with a massive hangover and no money. Not even enough to pay the motel bill. Rosa Lee , the attractive owner, allows him to work out his debt and gradually Mac begins to rebuild his life ... Robert Duvall won an Oscar for his brilliant portrayal in this moving and finely observed work. It marked the American debut of Bruce Beresford , one of the most prolific and successful of all Australian directors.
Screenplay by HORTON FOOTE Produced by PHILIP s HOBEL
Directed by BRUCE BERESFORD
(First showing on British television)
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