天涯父子情

As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression,two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red,the missus' brother. A roguish country-western musician,he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry,his chance of a lifetime to become a success. However,this is way back in Nashville,Red clearly drives terribly,and he's broke and sick with tuberculosis to boot. Whit,14,seeing his own chance of a lifetime to avoid growing up to be a cotton picker all my life,begs Ma to let him go with Uncle Red as driver and protege. Thus begins a picaresque journey both hilarious and poignant.