Claudia Hoover

A simple-minded man arrives at a retirement home, where his unique insights stir the fading minds and memories of the residents. With Shirley Jones, Carrol O'Connor, Shelley Winters, Harvey Korman, Barbara Bain.

When his aunt can no longer care for him, mentally challenged Gideon Dobbs goes to live among the discontented seniors in a nursing home. But his simple-but-direct take on the world soon breathes new life into the old folks' lives.

Scorned wife Hallie (Mia Sara) and tough Rinda (Michelle Forbes), the woman who's been sleeping with Hallie's husband, forge a bond and leave their sleepy town on a road trip. When the unlikely pair picks up a mysterious hitchhiker (Gil Bellows), the women don't realize he may be a murderer. As the two spar over their new friend's affections, a police lieutenant (J.T. Walsh) trails the threesome, and details of the crime unfold.