After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.
Cast
Ellen Burstyn
Alice Hyatt
Alfred Lutter
Tommy
Kris Kristofferson
David
Harvey Keitel
Ben Eberhardt
Diane Ladd
Flo
Lelia Goldoni
Bea
Billy Green Bush
Donald Hyatt
Jodie Foster
Audrey
Valerie Curtin
Vera
Vic Tayback
Mel
Murray Moston
Jacobs
Harry Northup
Joe & Jim's Bartender
Lane Bradbury
Rita Eberhardt
Mia Bendixsen
Alice - Age 8
Dean Casper
Chicken
Marty Brinton
Lenny
Ola Moore
Old Woman
Laura Dern
Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
Tami Conner
Mother (uncredited)
David Adams
Diner at Mel & Ruby's (uncredited)
Jackie Bridges
Owner of Country Western Bar (uncredited)
Steve DeFrance
Diner at Mel & Ruby's (uncredited)
Jan Eddy
Store Clerk (uncredited)
Arnold Herzstein
Man Outside the House (uncredited)
Henry Kendrick
Music Store Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Kennedy
Lou - Owner of Piano Bar (uncredited)
Lambert Marks
Bea's Husband (uncredited)
Don Starr
Diner at Mel & Ruby's (uncredited)
Tiny Wells
Hurricane Bar Owner (uncredited)
Bob Westmoreland
Policeman (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese
Diner Patron (uncredited)
Helen E. Hintz
Lady at Bathroom Door (uncredited)
Molly Starr
Diner at Mel & Ruby's (uncredited)
Crew
Martin Scorsese
Director
Robert Getchell
Screenplay
Marcia Lucas
Editor
Carroll Timothy O'Meara
Assistant Editor
Kent L. Wakeford
Director of Photography
Michael Kusley
Second Assistant Director
Mike Moder
Assistant Director
Audrey Maas
Producer
David Susskind
Producer
Sandra Weintraub
Associate Producer
Toby Carr Rafelson
Production Design
Owen Marsh
Camera Operator
Donald E. Thorin
Camera Operator
Reynaldo Villalobos
First Assistant Camera
Pat O'Mara
First Assistant Camera
Barbara Miller
Casting
Alan Shayne
Casting
Frank Kennedy
Extras Casting
Jim Martell
Extras Casting
Lucia de Martino
Wardrobe Master
Lambert Marks
Wardrobe Master
Lola 'Skip' McNalley
Hairstylist
Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Artist
Don Parker
Sound Mixer
Richard LaSalle
Original Music Composer
Ralph Grierson
Musician
Ethmer Roten
Musician
Gary Paulsen
Transportation Captain
Floyd McCarty
Still Photographer
Julie Pitkanen
Script Supervisor
Harry Zubrinsky
Location Manager
Edward Aiona
Property Master
John Sexton
Assistant Property Master
Thomas Conley
Key Grip
Bill Curtis
Gaffer
John G. Wilson
Unit Production Manager
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Lawrence D. Cohen
Production Executive
Larry Cohen
Production Executive
Vernon White
Publicist
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