Tender Mercies

(1983)

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Synopsis

Robert Duvall's Oscar-winning performance dominates this study of Mac Sledge, a hard-drinking country singer whose latest binge has left him stranded at a remote and run-down Texas motel owned by a young widow whose joys in life are her young son and singing in her church choir. Penniless, Mac offers to work "a couple of days" to pay his bill, a stay that's extended indefinitely when the two fall in love.

Directors

Bruce Beresford, Robert Duvall, Russell Boyd, Horton Foote, Universal, Shari Rhodes, Horton Foote, Robert Duvall

Production year

1983

Rating

PG

Studio

Universal Pictures

Runtime

89 minutes

Cast

Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley