High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Keywords:
Small town
New love
Based on novel or book
Texas
Graduation
High school graduation
Billiard hall
Graduation present
Black and white
Elopement
1950s
Thoughtful
Movie tag line: "Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…"
Character: Sonny Crawford
Character: Jacy Farrow
Character: Duane Jackson
Character: Ruth Popper
Character: Lois Farrow