Worth seeing for Sissy Spacek's turn, but the film is incoherent, borrowing elements from To Kill a Mockingbird (Sam Shepard's strange) character and the notion of a sexually harassed woman trapped in her own home, just like Wait Until Dark.
Raggedy Man (1981)
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Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 6
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Sissy Spacek stars in this film, which her husband, Jack Fisk, directed. Nita Longley works every day as a telephone operator in a tiny Texas town. Years earlier, her husband abandoned Nita... Sissy Spacek stars in this film, which her husband, Jack Fisk, directed. Nita Longley works every day as a telephone operator in a tiny Texas town. Years earlier, her husband abandoned Nita and her two small children. When an engaged sailor borrows her phone to make a momentous call, he inadvertently changes the lives of her kids, the townsfolk -- and Nita herself. [More]
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard, William Sanderson
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard, William Sanderson, Tracey Walter
Director: Jack Fisk
Director: Jack Fisk
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Raggedy Man profiles a lonely woman desperately trying to make it on her own.
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