Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress.

Sequel to the Last picture show. Jacy Farrow broke Duane Jackson's heart. Now she has returned to Anarene, Texas. Duane is not only harried by a busted business, sarcastic wife and rambunctious son - who steals his mistresses - but also by Jacy, who has come home to find herself and the love she left behind.