The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

5.8IMDb Score
Released:1981-06-05
Duration:112 min
Director:Ronald F. Maxwell
Actors:Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid, Mark Hamill, Don Stroud, Sunny Johnson
Production:Viacom Enterprises, AVCO Embassy Pictures

Overview:

An aspiring country singer and his feisty younger sister/manager struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her brother out of trouble with the ladies and the law-in this drama "inspired by," but not really connected to, the hit '70s ballad.

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