该电影由克林特·伊斯特伍德执导，克林特·伊斯特伍德、凯勒·伊斯特伍德、约翰·麦克因泰、亚历克莎·克宁、弗娜·布鲁姆等主演，于1982年上映。在124分钟的叙事中，《天涯父子情》（又名：天涯赤子心）As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red, the missus’ brother. A roguish country-western musician, he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, his chance of a lifetime to become a success. However, this is way back in Nashville, Red clearly drives terribly, and he’s broke and sick with tuberculosis to boot. Whit, 14, seeing his own chance of a lifetime to avoid ”growing up to be a cotton picker all my life,” begs Ma to let him go with Uncle Red as driver and protege. Thus begins a picaresque journey both hilarious and poignant.