Back Roads (1981)
Running from the past, and backing into love.
Genre : Comedy, Romance
Runtime : 1H 34M
Director : Martin Ritt
Synopsis
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
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