by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Small-time Texas businessman Arlis Sweeney (Dennis Quaid) can never shake the memory of his father's (James Caan) wasted life. What particularly sticks in his craw is the murder committed years earlier by his father and a teenaged accomplice. While going through the by-rote motions of his job (he supplies vending machines), Arlis strikes up a friendship with hardcase hitchhiker Kay Davies (Meg Ryan). Slowly, Kay helps Arlis put his life in order. And then, Arlis suddenly realizes where he's seen Kay before.
characteristics
- Sleeper
- Haunted By The Past
- Southern Gothic
- Businessperson
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Rurality
- In A Minor Key
- Spellbinders
- Father
- Hitchhiking
- Hitchhiker
- Burglar
