The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave

as Miss Amelia

Keith Carradine

as Marvin Macy

Cork Hubbert

as Cousin Lymon

Rod Steiger

as Rev. Willin

Austin Pendleton

as Lawyer Taylor

Beth Dixon

as Mary Hale

Lanny Flaherty

as Merlie Ryan

Mert Hatfield

as Stumpy McPhail

Earl Hindman

as Henry Macy

Anne Pitoniak

as Mrs. McPhail

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