Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 147 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
- biography
- great depression
- folk music
- based on memoir or autobiography
- riding the rail
- dust bowl
- labor union
- hoedown
- 1930s
The bill
David Carradine
Woody Guthrie
Ronny Cox
Ozark Bule
Melinda Dillon
Mary / Memphis Sue
Gail Strickland
Pauline
- John Lehne — Locke
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka — Slim Snedeger
- Randy Quaid — Luther Johnson
- Elizabeth Macey — Liz
- Susan Vaill — Gwen Guthrie
- Sarah Vaill — Gwen Guthrie
- Alexandra Mock — Sue Guthrie
- Kimberly Mock — Sue Guthrie
- Miriam Byrd-Nethery — Sick Woman
- Jane Lambert — Other Woman
- Jan Burrell — Other Woman
- Directed
- Hal Ashby
- Written
- Robert Getchell
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 85 ratings
- Studio
- United Artists
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