Ballad of the Sad Cafe (The)
- Director: Simon Callow
- Writer: Michael Hirst, Edward Albee, Carson McCullers
- Producer: Paul Bradley, Ismail Merchant, Donald Rosenfeld
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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.
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Cast & Characters
Vanessa Redgrave
Keith Carradine
Cork Hubbert
Rod Steiger
Austin Pendleton
Beth Dixon
Lanny Flaherty
Mert Hatfield
Earl Hindman
Anne Pitoniak
Frederick Johnson
Lauri Raymond
Joe Stevens
Keith Wommack
Kevin Wommack
Laura Burns
Megan Bowman
Fred Brumfield
Mary Brumfield
Pam Christian
Jack Colby
Ted J. Crum
Candi Duke
Gayle Epperson
Mandy Fabian