Wise Blood (1979) Cast & Crew

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Directed by John Huston.

Cast

• Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes
• Dan Shor as Enoch Emory
• Amy Wright as Sabbath Lily
• Harry Dean Stanton as Asa Hawks
• Mary Nell Santacroce as Landlady
• Ned Beatty as Hoover Shoates
• John Huston as Grandfather
• William Hickey as Preacher
• J.L. Parker as Karl
• Marvin Sapp as Raymond
• Richard Earle as Jakob Winslow
• Herb Kossover as Jacob Wood
• Betty Lou Groover as Leora Watts
• John Tyndall as Loki Martinson
• Gillaaron Houck as Stranger #1
• Philip Mixer as Stranger #2
• Sharon Johnson as Stranger #3
• Joe Dorsey as Stranger #4
• Stratton Leopold as Depressed Human
• Leonard Holmes as Stranger #5
• Daniel Albright as Stranger #6
• Tommy Alson as Young Man
• Harold Horne as Stranger #7
• Jim Barbee as Slade
• Gene Howard as Little Boy
• Raymond Foskey as Salesman
• Vicky Dyer as Little Girl
• Elijah Perry as Jerry Bob Jackson
• Ken Flower as Ken Guy
• Gladys Hill as Lisa Martinson
• Ray Wilkes as Slade Bob Jackson
• Dan Albright as Policeman
• Allan A. Apone as Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)
• Don Chambers as Street Listener (uncredited)
• William Finley as Man (uncredited)
• Bart Russell as Man in the Street (uncredited)

Crew

• John Huston — Director
• Flannery O'Connor — Novel
• Benedict Fitzgerald — Screenplay
• Michael Fitzgerald — Producer
• Kathy Fitzgerald — Producer
• Gerry Fisher — Director of Photography
• Michael Fitzgerald — Screenplay
• Alex North — Original Music Composer

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