"Red Headed Stranger" ends up being a very good movie. It does suffer from a small budget but that's noticed less and less as the movie goes on. Another problem is the casting. Many of the cast are either miscast or seem to be non-actors (including Willie's drummer Paul English). That said, there are some very good performances in this movie as well, with stand-out work by Willie Nelson and R. G. Armstrong. "Red Headed Stranger" takes a little while to get into its groove but it all leads up to a terrific last twenty minutes or so. Honorable mentions: a wet Morgan Fairchild and a very dreamy Marinell Madden.