Movie Info

A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She ...(read more...) takes in her half-sister's son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a cafe in the downstairs of her large house. Marvin Macy gets out of prison and returns to town to marry Amelia. They marry, but she won't let him sleep with her; first he pleads, then he gets angry. Eventually, Amelia and Marvin stage a no-holds-barred fight in the cafe. Lymon's complicated response to Marvin and to Cousin Amelia figures in the resolution.

Director: Simon Callow

MPAA: PG-13

Running Time: 101 min.

Release Date: Mar 28, 1991

Cast: Austin Pendleton, Beth Dixon, Cork Hubbert, Keith Carradine, Lanny Flaherty, Mert Hatfield, Rod Steiger, Vanessa Redgrave