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. {Ziyuantun.Com} 译文(2): 大萧条时期，影片在俄克拉荷马州的一个农场开始，两个同时到访的游客几乎撞上了瓦格尼尔的家: 一场毁灭性的沙尘暴和一辆由妻子的哥哥瑞德疯狂驾驶的敞篷{资源屯-ziyuantun.com}。作为一个流氓的西部乡村音乐家，他刚刚被邀请参加奥普里大剧院面试，这是他一生成功的机会。然而，这是在纳什维尔，瑞德显然开车很糟糕，而且他身无分文，还患有肺结核。14岁的惠特看到了自己千载难逢的机会，不想“一辈子当采棉工”，于是恳求马让他和红叔一起去当司机和学徒。这就开始了一段既欢乐又辛酸的流浪之旅。
