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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 22, 1999
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 28, 2000
Director
Writer
Mark Childress
Producers
Music
Studio
Green Moon Productions, Columbia Pictures, Global Entertainment Productions
Cast
Full credits →M
Melanie Griffith
Lucille Vinson
D
David Morse
Dove Bullis
L
Lucas Black
Peter Joseph 'Peejoe' Bullis
C
Cathy Moriarty
Earlene Bullis
M
Meat Loaf
Sheriff John Doggett
R
Rod Steiger
Judge Louis Mead
R
Richard Schiff
Norman the Chauffeur
J
John Beasley
Nehemiah Jackson
R
Robert Wagner
Harry Hall
N
Noah Emmerich
Sheriff Raymond
P
Paul Ben-Victor
D.A. Mackie
Dakota Johnson
Sondra
F
Fannie Flagg
Sally
B
Barbara Tasker
Organizer
E
Elizabeth Perkins
Joan Blake
P
Paul Mazursky
Walter Schwegmann
