An old man looks back 60 years to a road trip from rural Mississippi to Memphis, a horse race, and his own coming of age. Lucius's grandfather gets the first automobile in the area, a bright yellow Winton Flyer. While he's away, the plantation handyman, Boon Hogganbeck, conspires to borrow the car, taking Lucius with him. Stowed away is Ned, a mulatto and Lucius's putative cousin. The three head for Memphis, where Boon's sweetheart works in a whorehouse, where Ned trades the car for a racehorse, and where Lucius discovers the world of adults - from racism and vice to possibilities for honor and courage. Is there redemption for reivers, rascals, and rapscallions?

Starring:

Al Hopson, Allyn Ann McLerie, Bert Conway, Billy Green Bush, Burgess Meredith, Charles Tyner, Clifton James, Diane Ladd, Diane Shalet, Dub Taylor, Ellen Geer, Gloria Calomee, James Goodwin, James Rawley, John J Fox, John McLiam, Jon Shank, Juano Hernandez, Lindy Davis, Logan Ramsey, Lonny Chapman, Lou Frizzell, Michael Constantine, Michael Hinn, Mitch V

Genre:

Comedy, Drama