
Tennessee Nights
Crime · Drama
Overview
When entertainment lawyer Wolfgang Leighton decides to take a break from business for some fishing in Tennessee's backwoods, he ends up embroiled in a bank robbery and murder. Pursued by the killers, he's running from the police and a young hitchhiker appears to be his only friend.
Top Cast


Julian Sands
Julian Sands
Wolfgang Leighton
Julian Sands
Wolfgang Leighton


Stacey Dash
Stacey Dash
Minnie
Stacey Dash
Minnie


Ed Lauter
Ed Lauter
Sheriff Williams
Ed Lauter
Sheriff Williams


Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty
Charlie Kiefer
Ned Beatty
Charlie Kiefer


Denise Crosby
Denise Crosby
Sally Lomas
Denise Crosby
Sally Lomas


Brian McNamara
Brian McNamara
Hewitt
Brian McNamara
Hewitt


Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger
Richter Prescott
Rod Steiger
Richter Prescott
Wallace Wilkinson
Wallace Wilkinson
Wallace Wilkinson


Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash


Gary Grubbs
Gary Grubbs
Gary Grubbs
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