Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his screen and directorial debut in this story by "Lonesome Dove" author, Larry McMurtry. The story, not too separated from Mellencamp's real life, finds him as a country music star whose meanderings and philandering has thrown his life into turmoil. Returning to his native Indiana to try to reestablish a normal life. Instead he takes up with an old lover (Lenz), ignoring his loving wife (Hemingway), and duplicating the lifestyle of his womanizing father (Akins).
John Mellencamp
as Bud Parks
Mariel Hemingway
as Alice Parks
Claude Akins
as Speck Parks
Dub Taylor
as Grandpa Parks
Kay Lenz
as P.J. Parks
Larry Crane
as Ramey Parks
Kate Noonan
as Linda
Deirdre O'Connell
as Sally Cutler
John Prine
as John Prine
