Genre: | Biography |
Based On: | Stand by Your Man - An Autobiography by Tammy Wynette and Joan Dew |
Director: | Jerry Jameson |
Starring: | Annette O'Toole Tim McIntire Cooper Huckabee |
Music: | Earle Hagan |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Executive Producer: | Rusty Lemorande |
Producer: | Robert Papazian |
Editor: | George Nicholson |
Cinematography: | Matthew F. Leonetti |
Runtime: | 120 minutes |
Company: | Robert Papazian Productions The Guber-Peters Company |
Network: | CBS |
Stand by Your Man is a 1981 American made-for-television biographical film based on the life of Tammy Wynette, the country music superstar, including her tumultuous marriage to fellow star George Jones.
The Washington Post published a largely negative review of the movie, with critic Richard Harrington stating that "Unfortunately, television will be television, and the results are lackluster and somewhat misleading."[1] However, James Wolcott, in a review of 1985's Sweet Dreams (in which Jessica Lange played Patsy Cline), called O'Toole "superb" as Wynette.[2]