The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994)
Overview
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.
Cast
Martha Plimpton
Earlene Pomerleau
Kelly Lynch
Roberta Bean
Rutger Hauer
Rueben Bean
Patrick McGaw
Beal Bean
Jennifer Warren
Cop #1
Jeff Steitzer
Warren Olsen
Richard Sanders
Michael MacRae
Gary Taylor
Dennis Bateman
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