The movie added several characters not mentioned in the song, including: Car-Wash (Noble Willingham), a friend of the Spencer family, Violet (Ana Alicia), a local girl who also loved Tommy, and Lem Gatlin (Joe Dorsey), father of the Gatlin boys (brothers Jimmy Joe, Paul, and Luke).
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Set in Georgia during World War II the film's plot stayed true to the song and starred Rogers as Tommy's uncle Matthew Spencer (the singer of the song), Fredric Lehne as the troubled Tommy Spencer, Largo Woodruff as Becky, and William Schreiner as Jimmy Joe Gatlin.
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His best known songs included "Lucille" (co-written with Hal Bynum), and "Coward of the County" (co-written with Billy Ed Wheeler), both recorded by Kenny Rogers, and "Blanket on the Ground", "What I've Got In Mind", and "57 Chevrolet", recorded by Billie Jo Spears.