Howl (2010) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein.

Cast

• James Franco as Allen Ginsberg
• Todd Rotondi as Jack Kerouac
• Jon Prescott as Neal Cassady
• Aaron Tveit as Peter Orlovsky
• David Strathairn as Ralph McIntosh
• Jon Hamm as Jake Ehrlich
• Andrew Rogers as Lawrence Ferlinghetti
• Bob Balaban as Judge Clayton Horn
• Mary-Louise Parker as Gail Potter
• Treat Williams as Mark Schorer
• Jeff Daniels as Professor David Kirk
• Alessandro Nivola as Luther Nichols
• Allen Ginsberg as Self
• Sean Patrick Reilly as Six Gallery
• Alex Emanuel as Six Gallery
• Cecilia Foss as Beatnik Poet

Crew

• Jeffrey Friedman — Director
• Rob Epstein — Director
• Jeffrey Friedman — Writer
• Rob Epstein — Writer
• Rob Epstein — Producer
• Jeffrey Friedman — Producer
• Christine K. Walker — Producer
• Elizabeth Redleaf — Producer
• Carter Burwell — Original Music Composer
• Edward Lachman — Director of Photography

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