Cast
Barbara Loden 
Michael Higgins Dorothy Shupenes Peter Shupenes Jerome Thier Marian Thier
Credits
Written by: Barbara Loden
Plot
A passive, aimless woman in Pennsylvania's coal country, who abandons her family, drifts from man to man, and ends up a getaway driver for a petty criminal, in a raw, realist road film.
Sinekatalog’s take
A raw, quiet and moving landmark of independent cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (7,195 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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