BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE, THE

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• Release Year: 1991
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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 takes in her half-sister's son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a café in the downstairs of her large house. Marvin Macy gets out of prison and returns to town; turns out he was married to Amelia but it wasn't consummated. He pleaded, then got angry. Is he back for revenge? Eventually, Amelia and Marvin stage a no-holds-barred fight in the café. Lymon's complicated response to Marvin and to Cousin Amelia figures in the resolution.
• Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Cork Hubbert, Rod Steiger, Austin Pendleton, Beth Dixon, Lanny Flaherty, Mert Hatfield, Earl Hindman, Anne Pitoniak, Frederick Johnson, Lauri Raymond, Joe Stevens, Keith Wommack, Kevin Wommack, Laura Burns, Megan Bowman, Fred Brumfield, Mary Brumfield, Pam Christian, Jack Colby, Ted J. Crum, Candi Duke, Gayle Epperson, Mandy Fabian, Anne Greenwood-Milzman, Margaret Hoard, Trula Hoosier, Robert Jones, Kyle Kennedy, Harry Jay Knowles, Bill Kreger, Dorothy Layne, J.W. McCrary, C.K. McFarland, Misty McNeely, Bucky Meadows, Terry Mross, Nan Norvell, Eric Paul, Scott Payne, Bill Polk, Douglas Pope, Virginia Pratt, Zane Rockenbaugh, Elisabeth Ryall, Don Stroud, Kalab Tye, Mac Williams, Taylor Williams, Christopher Woods, Paul Wright, Gwen Wunneburger, Ingo Neuhaus, Gayland Williams, Simon Callow, Edward Albee, Michael Hirst, Carson McCullers
• Director: Simon Callow
• Runtime: 0
• Media Format: Movie