The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
A love story unlike any you've ever seen.
A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.
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Top Cast
Vanessa Redgrave
Miss Amelia
Keith Carradine
Marvin Macy
Cork Hubbert
Cousin Lymon
Rod Steiger
Rev. Willin
Austin Pendleton
Lawyer Taylor
Beth Dixon
Mary Hale
Lanny Flaherty
Merlie Ryan
Mert Hatfield
Stumpy McPhail
Earl Hindman
Henry Macy
Anne Pitoniak
Mrs. McPhail
Frederick Johnson
Jeff
Lauri Raymond
Sadie Ricketts
Joe Stevens
Henry Ford Crimp (as Joe Stephens)
Keith Wommack
Tom Rainey
Kevin Wommack
George Rainey
Laura Burns
Molly Kelly
Megan Bowman
Townsperson
Fred Brumfield
Townsperson
Mary Brumfield
Townsperson
Pam Christian
Townsperson
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