As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red, the missus' brother. A roguish country-western musician, he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, his chance of a lifetime to become a success. However, this is way back in Nashville, Red clearly drives terribly, and he's broke and sick with tuberculosis to boot. Whit, 14, seeing his own chance of a lifetime to avoid "growing up to be a cotton picker all my life," begs Ma to let him go with Uncle Red as driver and protege. Thus begins a picaresque journey both hilarious and poignant.
这部电影佳作《天涯父子情》英语是1982年美国上映的剧情片,这部剧深受观众喜爱,并在播出后获得了极高的收视率和口碑,剧中的角色形象塑造鲜明,故事情节紧凑,剧情发展合理。更微妙的是在导演克林特·伊斯特伍德的指导下,克林特·伊斯特伍德,凯勒·伊斯特伍德,约翰·麦克因泰,亚历克莎·克宁,弗娜·布鲁姆每一个演员的出色表演将剧中的角色形象栩栩如生地呈现在观众面前。无论是剧情、演员的表演还是剧中歌曲,都是该电影巨作亮点的所在。