A life-long yellow-belly who made a deathbed promise to his father to be a pacifist seeks bloody revenge on the men who gang-raped his wife.A life-long yellow-belly who made a deathbed promise to his father to be a pacifist seeks bloody revenge on the men who gang-raped his wife.A life-long yellow-belly who made a deathbed promise to his father to be a pacifist seeks bloody revenge on the men who gang-raped his wife.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
William Schreiner
- Jimmy Joe Gatlin
- (as Bill Schreiner)
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- TriviaThe use of the surname "Gatlin" in the song and TV movie is a tongue-in-cheek friendly poke in the eye from Kenny Rogers to his friends, Larry, Rudy, and Steve Gatlin who are fellow country music singers.
- GoofsWhen Becky goes into the drug store, and then Tommy goes in, a TV antenna with a rotor is visible on the roof. While television existed at the start of WWII, it was very rare, only in some cities, and certainly not being received in country towns with antennas on the roof. The rotor would indicate there were multiple local stations, such that the antenna had to be redirected to point to the other stations.
- Quotes
Uncle Matthew: A boy your age should be out having fun. Shooting a little pool. Chasing some of those pretty girls.
Tommy Spencer: That's not what you preach at church.
Uncle Matthew: I didn't say anything about catching them. I just said chasing them.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Squidbillies: Terminus Trouble (2006)
- SoundtracksCoward of the County
Written by Roger Bowling and Billy Edd Wheeler (as Billy Ed Wheeler)
Performed by Kenny Rogers
Courtesy of Liberty Records
Published by Roger Bowling Music and Sleepy Hollow Music
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You can't dislike it
This is a somewhat low-budget, predictable made-for-TV movie made in 1981 starring Kenny Rogers - who sang the song the movie was based on a few years earlier.
Still, some movies are just so relatable that no one can dislike them.
Is there anyone who can't relate to being harassed and belittled by bullies who just wouldn't leave you alone?
Is there anyone who can't relate the feelings that accompany the bullying? Anger, shame... and guilt? That maybe you're more responsible than the bullies for your predicament?
Is there anyone who can't relate to the scene in which the bullies finally get pulverized as the same one you played in your head over and over again at one time or another in middle or high school - even if it never actually happened in real life?
A lot of people say they like Shakespeare - even though I suspect many of them just don't want to admit Shakespeare doesn't really grab them on a personal level.
Anyone who says they don't like Coward of the Country - well I suspect they just don't want to admit how gratifying it was to see what Tommy Spencer finally did - after he stopped and locked the door.
Still, some movies are just so relatable that no one can dislike them.
Is there anyone who can't relate to being harassed and belittled by bullies who just wouldn't leave you alone?
Is there anyone who can't relate the feelings that accompany the bullying? Anger, shame... and guilt? That maybe you're more responsible than the bullies for your predicament?
Is there anyone who can't relate to the scene in which the bullies finally get pulverized as the same one you played in your head over and over again at one time or another in middle or high school - even if it never actually happened in real life?
A lot of people say they like Shakespeare - even though I suspect many of them just don't want to admit Shakespeare doesn't really grab them on a personal level.
Anyone who says they don't like Coward of the Country - well I suspect they just don't want to admit how gratifying it was to see what Tommy Spencer finally did - after he stopped and locked the door.
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- slackline70
- May 14, 2021
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