The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991    1h 41m    PG-13
Drama, Romance,
5.956%62%57%
A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She takes in her half-sister's son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a café in the downstairs of her large house. Marvin Macy gets out of prison and returns to town; turns out he was married to Amelia but it wasn't consummated. He pleaded, then got angry. Is he back for revenge? Eventually, Amelia and Marvin stage a no-holds-barred fight in the café. Lymon's complicated response to Marvin and to Cousin Amelia figures in the resolution.
Directed By
Simon Callow
Studio
Merchant Ivory Productions, Film4 Productions

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Cast of The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
  • Vanessa RedgraveMiss Amelia
  • Keith CarradineMarvin Macy
  • Cork HubbertCousin Lymon
  • Rod SteigerRev. Willin
  • Austin PendletonLawyer Taylor
  • Beth DixonMary Hale
  • Lanny FlahertyMerlie Ryan
  • Mert HatfieldStumpy McPhail
  • Earl HindmanHenry Macy
  • Anne PitoniakMrs. McPhail
  • Frederick JohnsonJeff
  • Lauri RaymondSadie Ricketts
  • Joe StevensHenry Ford Crimp (as Joe Stephens)
  • Keith WommackTom Rainey
  • Kevin WommackGeorge Rainey
  • Laura BurnsMolly Kelly
  • Megan BowmanTownsperson
  • Fred BrumfieldTownsperson
  • Mary BrumfieldTownsperson
  • Pam ChristianTownsperson
  • Jack ColbyTownsperson
  • Ted J. CrumTownsperson
  • Candi DukeTownsperson
  • Gayle EppersonTownsperson
  • Mandy FabianTownsperson
  • Anne Greenwood-MilzmanTownsperson
  • Margaret HoardTownsperson
  • Trula HoosierTownsperson
  • Robert JonesTownsperson
  • Kyle KennedyTownsperson
  • Harry Jay KnowlesFay Boy
  • Bill KregerTownsperson
  • Dorothy LayneTownsperson
  • J.W. McCraryTownsperson
  • C.K. McFarlandTownsperson
  • Misty McNeelyTownsperson
  • Bucky MeadowsTownsperson
  • Terry MrossTownsperson
  • Nan NorvellTownsperson
  • Eric PaulTownsperson
  • Scott PayneTownsperson
  • Bill PolkTownsperson
  • Douglas PopeTownsperson
  • Virginia PrattTownsperson
  • Zane RockenbaughTownsperson
  • Elisabeth RyallTownsperson
  • Don StroudTownsperson
  • Kalab TyeTownsperson
  • Mac WilliamsTownsperson
  • Taylor WilliamsTownsperson
  • Christopher WoodsTownsperson
  • Paul WrightRichard Carpenter
  • Gwen WunneburgerTownsperson
  • Ingo NeuhausChaingang (uncredited)
  • Gayland WilliamsGossip (uncredited)
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