Desert Bloom is a 1986 American drama film directed by Eugene Corr and starring an ensemble cast led by Jon Voight and JoBeth Williams.
[3] Six years after World War II has ended, Jack Chismore, a veteran suffering from PTSD, runs a gas station in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lily's sister, Starr, has come to Las Vegas for a quick divorce and comes to live with them, upsetting the routine of what is already a small and cramped house.
In the Chicago Sun-Times, critic Roger Ebert wrote: Desert Bloom contains the material for a very good film and it certainly contains the performances, but it moves in too many directions and contains too many issues.
[4] Gene Siskel, however, disagreed with Ebert on this film, calling it a "near classic" and unforgettable, singling out Annabeth Gish's performance as Rose.