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Bound for Glory

Year:

1976

Duration:

147 min | Sweden:120 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Music

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Hal Ashby

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1976-12-05

Filming Locations: Altamont, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

David Clennon

David Carradine

Woody Guthrie

Ronny Cox

Ozark Bule

Melinda Dillon

Mary - Woody's Wife / Memphis Sue

Gail Strickland

Pauline

John Lehne

Locke - Radio Station Manager

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Slim Snedeger - Hobo on Train

Randy Quaid

Luther Johnson - Migrant Worker

Elizabeth Macey

Liz - Johnson's Wife

Susan Vaill

Gwen Guthrie

Sarah Vaill

Gwen Guthrie

Alexandra Mock

Sue Guthrie

Kimberly Mock

Sue Guthrie

Miriam Byrd-Nethery

Sick Woman - Water-Swallowing Scene (as Miriam Byrd Nethery)

Jane Lambert

Other Woman - Water-Swallowing Scene

Jan Burrell

Other Woman - Water-Swallowing Scene

Lee McLaughlin

Heavy Chandler - 'Insane' Man

Ted Gehring

Conners - Pampa Store Owner

Robert Sorrells

Charlie Guthrie - Woody's Father

Guthrie Thomas

George Guthrie - Woody's Brother

Wendy Schaal

Mary Jo Guthrie - Woody's Sister

Delos V. Smith Jr.

Old Man Jenkins - Gas Station Owner

Larry Luttrell

Hank - Man in Gas Station

Beeson Carroll

Collister - Gas Station Customer

Mary Kay Place

Sue Ann - Girl in Bar

Tani Guthrie

Donna Jo - Woody's California-Bound Neighbor (as Tani Phelps Guthrie)

James O'Connell

Jesse - Woody's California-Bound Neighbor

Bruce Johnson

Jimmy - Square Dance Caller and Barber

R.A. Rondell

Steve - Hobo on Train

James Jeter

Crippled Whitey - Hobo on Train

Clifford A. Pellow

Bill - Chief Railroad Harness Guard (as Cliff Pellow)

Tom Howard

Railroad Harness Guard

Chuck Katzakian

Railroad Harness Guard

Harry Holcombe

Minister

Evelyn Russell

Wife - Couple in Trailer Automobile

M. Emmet Walsh

Husband - Couple in Trailer Automobile

Sondra Blake

Judy - Waitress

Brion James

Pick-Up Truck Driver at Border

James Carroll

Man at Border (as James Lough)

Tom Peters

Man at Border

Raymond Guth

Hobo in Hobo Camp

Buddy Joe Hooker

Man - Shot Off Train

James Hong

Chili Joint Owner

Cara Corren

Girl Singer at Migrant Camp

Susan Barnes

Girl Singer at Migrant Camp

Bobby Bass

Head Goon at Migrant Camp

Harvey J. Newmark

Musician

Thomas J. Sauber

Musician

Lyle Ritz

Musician

Johana De Winter

Union Organizer (as Johana deWinter)

Gary Downey

Union Organizer

Jama Tegeler

Girl at Union Meeting

G. Marie Haller

Field School Teacher

Leanna Johnson Heath

Girl at Stream

Robert Ginty

Artichoke Picker

Tony Becker

Tough Boy on Train

Kip Addota

Cocoanut Grove Audition Singer (as Kip Addotta)

Burke Byrnes

Mr. Graham - Conducting Cocoanut Grove Auditions

Samantha Harper

Amy Martin - Conducting Cocoanut Grove Auditions

Read Morgan

(scenes deleted)

Carey Exton

Migrant Camp Singer (uncredited)

E.M. Fredric

Migrant Camp Kid (uncredited)

Bernie Kopell

Baker - Woody's Agent (uncredited)

Carl D. Parker

Blindman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The first film to use a long Steadicam tracking shot as operated by its inventor Garrett Brown under DP Haskell Wexler's supervision.

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Mary Kay Place's first movie.

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Kris Kristofferson turned down the lead role, as he did not feel he was right physically to play Woody Guthrie.

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Goofs

Guthrie's singing partner on KFVD radio in Los Angeles was not named Memphis Sue. Her real name was Maxine Crissman, and she was known as "Lefty Lou," because she shared Guthrie's politics and was just as outspoken. In fact, Guthrie was never pressed to stop singing union-organizing songs; the station owner, Frank Burke, was a populist New Dealer who agreed with Guthrie. The reason Woody was fired was because after the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany in 1939, he started singing songs that, mirroring the Communist Party line, denounced the war as a capitalist fraud.

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The movie shows a scene with signs marking the California-Arizona border, where there is a checkpoint set up to turn people away unless they can show $50 in cash. The entire California-Arizona border consists of the Colorado River. The scene is shot in the middle of the desert with no river in sight. However, since the river runs at a lower elevation than the surrounding terrain, it is entirely possible to be within a quarter-mile of the river and not see it.

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In one shot of a railroad yard, a 1960's-1970's era diesel locomotive can clearly be seen.

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