The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlene lives across the street from the Bean's trailer, and the view from her window is better than any daytime television soap opera; especially Beal Bean, and especially Beal Bean shirtless. When Reuben Bean is sent to prison for resisting arrest for out-of-season deer hunting, Beal takes up with Reuben's woman Roberta. He also has a child by Earlene, with a triangle of sex complicated by poverty.
Martha Plimpton
Kelly Lynch
Rutger Hauer
Patrick McGaw
Jennifer Warren
Jeff Steitzer
Richard Sanders
Lance Robinson
Ariana Lamon-Anderson
Michael MacRae
James Gervasi
Sue Ann Gilfillan
Susanna Burney
Marjorie Nelson
Jim Chiros
Gary Taylor
Paul Hostetler
Dennis Bateman
Michael Patten
Wren Walker
Therese Tinling
Jeff Steitzer
Cazzeri Upton
Jennifer Warren
Sharon Galloway