"Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful and headstrong Molly Taylor, who consistently refuses to marry either of them."
Anthony Perkins
as Gid
Beau Bridges
as Johnny
Blythe Danner
as Molly Taylor
Edward Binns
as Mr. Frye
Susan Sarandon
as Sarah
Conard Fowkes
as Eddie
Claude Traverse
as Mr. Taylor
John Henry Faulk
as Mr. Grinsom
Marilyn Burns
as Sarah / Molly (uncredited)
Richard Ray Lee
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Paul A. Partain
as Willy (uncredited)
Sidney Lumet
Director
Stephen J. Friedman
Producer
David Golden
Associate Producer
Joanne Burke
Editor
Screenplay
Larry McMurtry
Novel
Hannah Hempstead
Production Coordinator
Nancy Hopwood
Production Secretary
Stephen Kubenka
Assistant Set Decoration
Kenneth Goss
Key Grip
Richard Meyerhoff
Gaffer
Robert Laden
Makeup Artist
Ron Bozman
Technical Advisor
Richard S. Goldberg
Assistant Editor
Reggie Takley
Robert Drumheller
Set Decoration
Charles Okun
Assistant Director
Craig Camp
Other
John Robert Lloyd
Production Design
Jack Wright Jr.
Property Master
Peter Garbarini
Camera Operator
Philip Leto
Hairstylist
James Sabat
Sound
Ralph Rosenblum
Editorial Consultant
Laurence Rosenthal
Additional Music
Robert Rogow
Boom Operator
Michael Golden
Paul Hefferan
Gene Coffin
Costume Design
Samuel Matlovsky
Conductor
Bill Henderson
Fred Hellerman
Original Music Composer
Maggie James
Script Supervisor
Henry R. Dwork
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Editor
Stand In
Edward R. Brown
Director of Photography