Lemon Cassidy (played by Danielle Deadwyler) is a protagonist in The Devil to Pay.
Lemon Cassidy is the film's central protagonist, an Appalachian mother and homemaker whose child is taken hostage. Forced to work for Tommy Runion, she follows a deadly trail, exposes betrayal, outmaneuvers the Runion faction, and kills its leaders to protect Coy. Her transformation from caretaker to determined survivor drives the entire story. Tommy Runion (played by Catherine Dyer) appears in The Devil to Pay.
Tommy Runion is the matriarch of the Runion family and the main force behind Lemon's ordeal. After claiming that a missing man stole from her, Tommy holds Coy hostage and coerces Lemon into dangerous work. She manipulates Lemon into advancing a feud with Percy Knox before Lemon ultimately confronts and kills her. Percy Knox (played by Luce Rains) appears in The Devil to Pay.
Percy Knox is Tommy Runion's rival landowner and a member of the opposing faction. Lemon visits him to reveal Tommy's plan and seek an alliance, but Bull Runion intervenes and kills him. His death threatens to reignite the long truce between the Knox and Runion families. Grady (played by Charles Black) appears in The Devil to Pay.
Grady is a local contact who gives Lemon a jar of sulfuric acid and asks her to deliver it to the religious cult. Later, Lemon tells him that war is coming and gives him a key connected to Dixon Runion and the bodies. His final choice may determine whether Dixon is released or buried. Coy (played by Ezra Haslam) appears in The Devil to Pay.
Coy is Lemon Cassidy's son and the central reason for her dangerous actions. Tommy Runion takes him hostage and leaves men to guard him while Lemon is forced to work. Lemon fights through the conflict, returns home, eliminates the immediate threats, and reunites with Coy before beginning a new life.
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Characters
Lemon Cassidy
(played by Danielle Deadwyler) — protagonist
Lemon Cassidy is the film's central protagonist, an Appalachian mother and homemaker whose child is taken hostage. Forced to work for Tommy Runion, she follows a deadly trail, exposes betrayal, outman...
Tommy Runion
(played by Catherine Dyer) — supporting
Tommy Runion is the matriarch of the Runion family and the main force behind Lemon's ordeal. After claiming that a missing man stole from her, Tommy holds Coy hostage and coerces Lemon into dangerous...
Percy Knox
(played by Luce Rains) — supporting
Percy Knox is Tommy Runion's rival landowner and a member of the opposing faction. Lemon visits him to reveal Tommy's plan and seek an alliance, but Bull Runion intervenes and kills him. His death thr...
Grady
(played by Charles Black) — supporting
Grady is a local contact who gives Lemon a jar of sulfuric acid and asks her to deliver it to the religious cult. Later, Lemon tells him that war is coming and gives him a key connected to Dixon Runio...
Coy
(played by Ezra Haslam) — supporting
Coy is Lemon Cassidy's son and the central reason for her dangerous actions. Tommy Runion takes him hostage and leaves men to guard him while Lemon is forced to work. Lemon fights through the conflict...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Lemon Cassidy → Tommy Runion
(Power Coerced Servant)
Tommy threatens Coy's life and compels Lemon to search for the missing man and deliver the recovered pocket watch.
Lemon Cassidy → Coy
(Family Mother)
Lemon lives with Coy, performs household chores with him, and risks her life to rescue him after he is taken hostage.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Lemon visits Grady, delivers a jar of sulfuric acid as requested, later warns him that war is coming, and gives him a key.
Lemon Cassidy → Percy Knox
(Attempted Alliance)
Lemon goes to Percy's house with the intention of forming an alliance by revealing Tommy's plan.
Tommy Runion → Percy Knox
(Conflict Rival Landowners)
The pocket watch belongs to Percy, Tommy identifies him as a rival landowner, and their families have maintained a long truce threatened by recent rev...
Tommy Runion → Coy
(Conflict Hostage Taker)
Tommy takes Coy hostage and forces Lemon to complete a task because of the debt attributed to Lemon's missing husband.
Story Analysis
A mother survives a violent power structure and protects her son by turning coercion, betrayal, and a family feud against their perpetrators.
Plot Progression
A Son Held Hostage
The Watch And The Feud
A Survivor Turns The Hunt
The Debt Is Buried
Directed by Ruckus Skye, Lane Skye
The Devil to Pay (2020) · 6.4/10 · drama, thriller
