Glen Campbell sings, Joe Namath acts, and chaos ensues in rural Texas.
A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer.
Acting
Glen Campbell's easy charm papers over the script's many cracks.
Score
Campbell's original songs are genuinely catchy country earworms.
Director
Jack Haley Jr.
Glen Campbell
Norwood
Kim Darby
Rita Lee Chipman
Joe Namath
Joe William Reese
Carol Lynley
Yvonne Phillips
Pat Hingle
Grady Fring
Tisha Sterling
Marie
Dom DeLuise
Bill Bird
Leigh French
Vernell Bird
Meredith MacRae
Kay
Edith Atwater
Angry Bus Passenger
Jack Haley
Mr. Reese
David Huddleston
Uncle Lonnie
Billy Curtis
Edmund B. Ratner
Cass Daley
Mrs. Remley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Joe Namath's acting debut, fresh off his Super Bowl III win with the Jets. He took the role because he wanted to work with Glen Campbell, proving football players have always made questionable career choices.
Released right as public opinion on Vietnam was shifting, the film's breezy treatment of a veteran's PTSD-adjacent restlessness feels like a time capsule of American denial. Norwood's 'problem' is solved by hitting the road with a football player—classic 1970 logic.
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