What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
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6
Alive
3
Deceased
66.7%
Still living
Showing 9 of 9 loaded cast members.
as Billy Joe McAllister
AliveBorn: January 21, 1956
Age: 70
Dallas, Texas, USA
as Bobbie Lee Hartley
AliveBorn: November 19, 1955
Age: 70
New York City, New York, USA
as Anna 'Mama' Hartley
DeceasedBorn: September 21, 1927
Died: September 27, 2022
Age at death: 95
as James Hartley
AliveBorn: November 15, 1950
Age: 75
Iowa, USA
as Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
DeceasedBorn: February 21, 1936
Died: December 31, 1997
Age at death: 61
as Dewey Barksdale
DeceasedBorn: July 26, 1926
Died: April 6, 2015
Age at death: 88
as Becky Thompson
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Brother Taylor
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Mrs. Thompson
AliveBirth date not on record.