After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.
| Directing | Martin Scorsese | Director |
| Production | David Susskind | Producer |
| Production | Audrey Maas | Producer |
| Camera | Kent L. Wakeford | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marcia Lucas | Editor |
| Art | Toby Carr Rafelson | Production Design |
| Directing | Julie Pitkanen | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Owen Marsh | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Westmoreland | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lola 'Skip' McNalley | Hairstylist |
| Production | Sandra Weintraub | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Don Parker | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Vernon White | Publicist |
| Writing | Robert Getchell | Screenplay |
| Sound | Richard LaSalle | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Bill Curtis | Gaffer |
| Directing | Mike Moder | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michael Kusley | Second Assistant Director |
