there nothing more exciting than see a slick hollywood player like sally field get down and dirty like she do in back road . at one point and she and her two male pal ( tommy lee jones and david keith ) be at a county fair and have no money . no problem . sally fix her hair and say to the guy and don not wait up . she know how to make money ( with her body ) and nonchalantly set out to do it . she prove nothing to no one it second nature to her and when keith call her a whore she tell him and a whore be a sixteen year old with a bad reputation . i. be . a. hustler . there be many moment to cherish in this rough jewel represent field stand outside the school where the little boy she give up for adoption attends and run into his angry mother while field write a letter to the same child and tell him how sorry she be while jones and field get off their bus after a fight and go their separate way and each trudge down two dusty street . it a top notch road comedy with field and jones overcome the obvious sentimentality of the overall conception and make a memorable duo . from .