Comedy / Drama /

Score: 60%( 103 votes )

Overview: An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.

Cast:

Melanie Griffith
Lucille Vinson

David Morse
Dove Bullis

Lucas Black
Peter Joseph 'Peejoe' Bullis

Cathy Moriarty
Earlene Bullis

Meat Loaf
Sheriff John Doggett

Rod Steiger
Judge Louis Mead

Richard Schiff
Norman the Chauffeur

John Beasley
Nehemiah Jackson

Robert Wagner
Harry Hall

Noah Emmerich
Sheriff Raymond

Paul Ben-Victor
D.A. Mackie

Dakota Johnson
Sondra

Fannie Flagg
Sally

Barbara Tasker
Organizer

Elizabeth Perkins
Joan Blake

Paul Mazursky
Walter Schwegmann

Stella Banderas
Marilyn