The Coward of the County (1981)
This movie definitely follows the story of the song, and I love the song. Kenny Rogers plays a preacher who preaches God in the morning, and "other vices" in the afternoon. His nephew is Tommy and the preacher looks after Tommy and his mom. Tommy falls in love with Becky. Becky and Paul were together, but Becky broke up with Paul before he went into the military. Becky and Tommy got to know each other and it's very evident that Becky is into Tommy. But Paul's brothers are still in town, still calling Tommy a coward, a chicken, a yellow-bellied scoundrel. The one scene I couldn't deal with was when the "Gaitlin boys came callin'". It was hard to watch. Tommy was no where around and there they come, Paul and his brothers, and no one was at Becky's house but Becky and her wedding dress. The ending was just as the song, fortunately, and it'd be interesting for Becky and Tommy to get a future out of that town and the preacher to claim his human w...