Details

Release year: 1969

Storyline

When a homemaker finds out that she's pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

Top credits

Directors

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

James Caan — Jimmy Kilgannon
Shirley Knight — Natalie Ravenna
Robert Duvall — Gordon
Marya Zimmet — Rosalie

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Did you know

• The parade scene was filmed in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Memorial Day. The students in the band were not aware of what was happening. In fact, reading the lips of a majorette, she can be seen asking "Who was that guy?" as James Caan was weaving through the parade.

• The flashback to Gordon failing to save his wife from a burning house was shot north of Brule, Nebraska with the help of the local volunteer fire department. Gordon's wife was played by director Francis Ford Coppola's wife, Eleanor Coppola, in an uncredited role.

• The drive-in scene was filmed at the old Skyline Drive-In on U.S. Highway 19 south of Clarksburg, West Virginia. It opened in 1948 and closed in 1985.