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
as Floyd
Teri Garr
as Louise
Burgess Meredith
as The General
Elias Koteas
as Jimmy
Kevin Cooney
as Charlie O'Donnell
David Doty
as Virgil
Gil Glasgow
as Baytch
Becky Ann Baker
as Dorothy
Marietta Marich
as Lois
Alexandra Masterson
as Annie
William Larsen
as Jack Hill
Mitchell Gossett
as Marone
