Honeysuckle Rose

Honeysuckle Rose

For 20 years he's been singing to the country. But he never figured he'd be living his own love songs.

PG 1980 · 119 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama, Music, Romance

Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.

Directed by Jerry Schatzberg · Written by John Binder

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