
A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
Cast

Brad Dourif
Hazel Motes

Dan Shor
Enoch Emory

Amy Wright
Sabbath Lily

Harry Dean Stanton
Asa Hawks

Mary Nell Santacroce
Landlady

Ned Beatty
Hoover Shoates

John Huston
Grandfather

William Hickey
Preacher
J.L. Parker
Karl
Marvin Sapp
Raymond
Richard Earle
Jakob Winslow
Herb Kossover
Jacob Wood
Betty Lou Groover
Leora Watts
John Tyndall
Loki Martinson
Gillaaron Houck
Stranger #1
Philip Mixer
Stranger #2
Sharon Johnson
Stranger #3
Joe Dorsey
Stranger #4
Stratton Leopold
Depressed Human
Leonard Holmes
Stranger #5
Daniel Albright
Stranger #6
Tommy Alson
Young Man
Harold Horne
Stranger #7
Jim Barbee
Slade
Gene Howard
Little Boy
Raymond Foskey
Salesman
Vicky Dyer
Little Girl
Elijah Perry
Jerry Bob Jackson
Ken Flower
Ken Guy
Gladys Hill
Lisa Martinson
Ray Wilkes
Slade Bob Jackson

Dan Albright
Policeman

Allan A. Apone
Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)
Don Chambers
Street Listener (uncredited)

William Finley
Man (uncredited)
Bart Russell
Man in the Street (uncredited)
Crew

John Huston
Director
Benedict Fitzgerald
Screenplay

Michael Fitzgerald
Screenplay, Producer

Flannery O'Connor
Novel
Roberto Silvi
Editor

Gerry Fisher
Director of Photography
Tom Shaw
Assistant Director
Kathy Fitzgerald
Producer
Hans Brockmann
Associate Producer
Wolfgang Limmer
Co-Producer
Mike Rutter
Assistant Camera
Stratton Leopold
Casting
Sally Fitzgerald
Costume Designer, Set Decoration
Uta Freiwald
Wardrobe Supervisor

Allan A. Apone
Makeup Artist
Colin Charles
Sound Recordist

Alex North
Original Music Composer
Michael Fronik
Music Editor



















