True Stories (1986) Cast & Crew

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Directed by David Byrne.

Cast

• David Byrne as Narrator / Lip-Syncher
• John Goodman as Louis Fyne
• Annie McEnroe as Kay Culver
• Jo Harvey Allen as The Lying Woman
• Spalding Gray as Earl Culver
• Alix Elias as The Cute Woman
• Roebuck 'Pops' Staples as Mr. Tucker
• Tito Larriva as Ramon
• John Ingle as The Preacher
• Matthew Posey as The Computer Guy
• Swoosie Kurtz as The Lazy Woman
• Amy Buffington as Linda Culver
• Richard Dowlearn as Larry Culver
• Capucine De Wulf as The Little Girl on the Road
• Cynthia Gould as Factory Girl #1
• Kelly Wright as Factory Girl #2
• Hinpheth Siharath as Laotian Factory Worker
• Phyllis Wallace as Woman at Plant
• Linda McCauley as Louis' Date at Chinese Restaurant
• Marian Henley as Moonstone
• Huey P. Meaux as Wild Wild Life Club DJ / VJ
• Connie Deaton as Lip-Syncher
• Jerry Harrison as Lip-Syncher
• Meredith Zednick as Lip-Syncher
• Alonzo Richard as Lip-Syncher
• Chrissy Miller as Lip-Syncher
• Tony Reynolds as Lip-Syncher
• Eric "E.T." Thorngren as Lip-Syncher
• Stephen Seybold as Lip-Syncher
• Tina Weymouth as Lip-Syncher
• Chris Frantz as Lip-Syncher
• Vangie Barefoot as Lip-Syncher
• Keith Algier as Lip-Syncher
• Freeman Beatty as Lip-Syncher
• Ronna Cohen as Air Band
• Rex Taylor Smith as Air Band
• Scott Valentine as Air Band
• James Jackson as Singing Watchman
• Angus G. Wynne III as Dancing Businessman
• Cora Cardona as Margie Ortiz

Crew

• David Byrne — Director
• Beth Henley — Writer
• David Byrne — Writer
• Stephen Tobolowsky — Writer
• David Byrne — Original Music Composer
• Edward Lachman — Director of Photography
• Gary Kurfirst — Producer

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