A mild amount of dramatically suspenseful music occurs in a few scenes. We then see him on top of her, but both are clothed and nothing else is seen. Although we don't see anything, Big Boy and Mona carry on an affair where they meet in various locations to have sex. With both a bit drunk, Pete and Mona go off into the woods, he tears open her dress, undoes his pants and gets on top of her between her legs. They then have sex with some movement, but no nudity.
Various people smoke in the backgrounds of shots.
Pete and another man chew chewing tobacco. Mona has an affair with Big Boy, thus putting strain on her marriage. Big Boy repeatedly has it out with his younger brother about working for Jim Ed and for not taking care of their mother's house. A mother must deal with the death of her son. The affair carried about by Big Boy and Mona.