Tender Mercies
Released
March 4, 1983
Runtime: 1h 32m
Alcoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
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Cast & Crew
Robert Duvall
Mac Sledge
Tess Harper
Rosa Lee
Betty Buckley
Dixie
Wilford Brimley
Harry
Ellen Barkin
Sue Anne
- AH
Allan Hubbard
Sonny
Lenny Von Dohlen
Robert
Paul Gleason
Reporter
Michael Crabtree
Lewis Menefee
- NB
Norman Bennett
Reverend Hotchkiss
- AH
Andrew Scott Hollon
Larue
- RM
Rick Murray
Jake - Slater Mill Boys Member
- SF
Stephen Funchess
Bertie - Slater Mill Boys Member
- GF
Glen Fleming
Steve - Slater Mill Boys Member
- JA
James Aaron
Henry - Slater Mill Boys Member
- JB
Jerry Biggs
Man in Bar
- SB
Sheila Bird
Concessionaire
- RI
Robert E. Blackburn III
Boy at Dance
Bruce Beresford
Director
Horton Foote
Writer
Media
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