Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law "The General" and is helped by Jimmy, a former asylum inmate, and the good-natured Louise. The bar is rapidly losing money and Charlie wants to buy it cheaply before it becomes publicly known that a nearby bridge is to be built. Louise offers her savings to go into partnership with Floyd, but Floyd decides to sell when he is forced to pay his back taxes.
Gene Hackman
Floyd
Teri Garr
Louise
Burgess Meredith
The General
Elias Koteas
Jimmy
Kevin Cooney
Charlie O'Donnell
David Doty
Virgil
Gil Glasgow
Baytch
Becky Ann Baker
Dorothy
Marietta Marich
Lois
Alexandra Masterson
Annie
William Larsen
Jack Hill
Mitchell Gossett
Marone
Mark Walters
Johnny Gorman
Benjamin F. Jones
Digby
Ed Geldart
Man #1
