
Sometimes it takes a stranger to give you the courage to follow your heart.
Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on leave causes tongues to wag in town.

Sissy Spacek
Nita

Eric Roberts
Teddy

Sam Shepard
Bailey

William Sanderson
Calvin

Tracey Walter
Arnold

R.G. Armstrong
Rigby

Henry Thomas
Harry
Carey Hollis Jr.
Henry

Ed Geldart
Henry

Ed Geldart
Mr. Calloway

Bill Thurman
Sheriff

Suzi McLaughlin
Jean Lester
Lupe Juárez
Crecencio the Barkeeper

Jessie Lee Fulton
Miss Pud
LuBelle Camp
Miss Beulah