
"It's hard to stand by your man... when your sister's sitting in his lap."
Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.
Claude Montgomery

Ruby Montgomery

Julia Montgomery

O.T. Montgomery

Jewel

Rose

Hazel Montgomery

Alvin Montgomery

Tommy Christian

Billy Montgomery

Elbe Montgomery

J.C. Montgomery
Max
Elaine Bowen

Lawrence Bowen

Man in Wheelchair
Claude's Little Girl
Claude's Little Boy #1
Wiry Guy
Tommy Christian's Lawyer
Claude's Little Boy #2
Dewey

Judge
Vangie
Liquor Store Girl #1

Tammy the Paramedic

Bailiff
Liquor Store Girl #2

Court House Guard
Hazel's New Lawyer
Large Cowboy
Preacher

Sheriff
Other Guard
Little Ricky