--- title: 'Raggedy Man (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'Jack Fisk' released: '1981-01-01' runtime_minutes: 94 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/raggedy-man-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082969/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Raggedy Man (1981) 1981 · 94 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Raggedy Man is a 1981 American drama film based on William D. Wittliff and Sara Clark's 1979 novel, and directed by Jack Fisk. It follows a divorced mother and telephone switchboard operator living with her two sons in a small town during World War II. The film was Spacek's first film after her Academy Award-winning performance in Coal Miner’s Daughter, and was also her first film to be directed by her husband. For this role, Spacek received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. This was the directorial debut for Fisk, and the film debut for Henry Thomas, who next starred in his breakout role of Elliott Taylor for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). ## Credits - **Director:** [Jack Fisk](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-fisk) - **Screenplay:** [William D. Wittliff](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-d-wittliff) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith) - **Producer:** [Burt Weissbourd](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-weissbourd), [Terry Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-nelson), [William D. Wittliff](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-d-wittliff) - **Director of Photography:** [Ralf D. Bode](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralf-d-bode) ## Cast - [Henry Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-thomas) - [Sam Shepard](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-shepard) - [R. G. Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-g-armstrong) - [Tracey Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracey-walter) - [Eric Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-roberts) - [William Sanderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-sanderson) - [Sissy Spacek](https://cinepixo.com/people/sissy-spacek) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/raggedy-man-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3836687); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.