Een voormalige country-zanger Mac Sladge is aan de alcohol geraakt. Hij probeert bevriend te raken met een weduwe en haar zoontje. In die vriendschap vindt hij inspiratie om zijn carrière weer op de rails te krijgen.
Nee, helaas is Tender Mercies nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Bruce Beresford | Director |
| Sound | George Dreyfus | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Russell Boyd | Director of Photography |
| Production | Philip Hobel | Producer |
| Art | Daniel Loren May | Set Decoration |
| Editing | William M. Anderson | Editor |
| Art | Jeannine Oppewall | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jimi White | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Russell Towery | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Ben Loggins | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Randy Fife | Stunt Double |
| Writing | Horton Foote | Writer |
| Production | Mary-Ann Hobel | Associate Producer |
| Production | Horton Foote | Co-Producer |
| Production | Robert Duvall | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Decker | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Huntley | Wig Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael J. Randall | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carla Rulien | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Tom Joyner | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Richard Luke Rothschild | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kelly Wimberly | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | E.W. Bradford | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | James R. Cox | Swing |
| Art | Glenn Dunn | Leadman |
| Art | Roy W. Wahlstrom | Painter |
| Sound | Stan Bochner | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Angelo Corrao | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jay Dranch | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bruce Kitzmeyer | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stuart Lieberman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dan Lieberstein | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dennis Maitland II | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Chris Newman | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Maurice Schell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Maurice Schell | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Magdaline Volaitis | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Recording Supervision |
| Lighting | Thomas Alcala | Electrician |
| Camera | Curtis Bingham | Grip |
| Crew | Don Broughton | Playback Coordinator |
| Camera | Jerry G. Callaway | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Murray K. Campbell | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Michael P. Henning | Electrician |
| Camera | John Knight | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | J. Michael McClary | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Fred L. McLane | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ron Phillips | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Tony Poston | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Kerry Rike | Key Grip |
| Camera | Philip C. Pfeiffer | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Dave Roberts | Electrician |
| Camera | Johnny Smith | Grip |
| Production | Shari Rhodes | Casting |
| Production | Robin Boehme | Extras Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jane Greenwood | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth McBride | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Thomas | Costume Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Thomas | Set Costumer |
| Editing | Norman Buckley | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Emily Paine | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Charles Simmons | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Mary Sweeney | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Production | Danette Goss Alberts | Location Manager |
| Sound | Tommy Oliver | Music Arranger |
| Directing | Anne Rapp | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Nick Felix | Choreographer |
| Production | Betty A. Buckley | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Dawn Easterling | Production Assistant |
| Production | Karen A. Hall | Production Secretary |
| Production | Sandra K. Jantzen | Production Assistant |
| Production | Erica Rogalla | Production Assistant |
| Production | Dominique Bruballa | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Kathleen McGill | Production Accountant |
| Production | Don Miller | Production Accountant |
| Art | Mike Parsons | Property Master |
| Art | William Vance White | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | John Kane | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Diane Batson-Smith | Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Kathleen Caton | Producer's Assistant |
