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Back Roads (1981)

Director: Martin Ritt

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From Time Out Film Guide

Pleasantly old-fashioned romantic comedy in which two losers meet cute - he's a broken-down boxer, she a hooker angrily throwing him out after belatedly realising he's broke - then set off on a road movie odyssey through picturesque redneck locations in search of a new life. Very good on local colour but a bit sugary in its attitude to the central relationship, it would have been better taking a bleaker cue from Tommy Lee Jones' admirably dry performance.

Author: TM

Time Out Film Guide

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Cast & crew

Director: Martin Ritt

Producer: Ronald Shedlo

Cast: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon, Michael Gazzo, M Emmet Walsh full cast

Duration: 95 mins


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