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 and Crew
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)
Videos & Trailers
Movie Trailer: Wise Blood (1979), dir by John Houston