Wise Blood

Wise Blood

An American Masterpiece!

1979 en 106 minutes

Rating: 6.3

Plot

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.

Trailer

Cast

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Hazel Motes

Dan Shor

Dan Shor

Enoch Emory

Amy Wright

Amy Wright

Sabbath Lily

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

Asa Hawks

Mary Nell Santacroce

Mary Nell Santacroce

Landlady

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Hoover Shoates

John Huston

John Huston

Grandfather

William Hickey

William Hickey

Preacher

J.L. Parker

J.L. Parker

Karl

Marvin Sapp

Marvin Sapp

Raymond

Richard Earle

Richard Earle

Jakob Winslow

Herb Kossover

Herb Kossover

Jacob Wood

Betty Lou Groover

Betty Lou Groover

Leora Watts

John Tyndall

John Tyndall

Loki Martinson

Gillaaron Houck

Gillaaron Houck

Stranger #1

Philip Mixer

Philip Mixer

Stranger #2

Sharon Johnson

Sharon Johnson

Stranger #3

Joe Dorsey

Joe Dorsey

Stranger #4

Stratton Leopold

Stratton Leopold

Depressed Human

Leonard Holmes

Leonard Holmes

Stranger #5

Daniel Albright

Daniel Albright

Stranger #6

Tommy Alson

Tommy Alson

Young Man

Harold Horne

Harold Horne

Stranger #7

Jim Barbee

Jim Barbee

Slade

Gene Howard

Gene Howard

Little Boy

Raymond Foskey

Raymond Foskey

Salesman

Vicky Dyer

Vicky Dyer

Little Girl

Elijah Perry

Elijah Perry

Jerry Bob Jackson

Ken Flower

Ken Flower

Ken Guy

Gladys Hill

Gladys Hill

Lisa Martinson

Ray Wilkes

Ray Wilkes

Slade Bob Jackson

Dan Albright

Dan Albright

Policeman

Allan A. Apone

Allan A. Apone

Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)

Don Chambers

Don Chambers

Street Listener (uncredited)

William Finley

William Finley

Man (uncredited)

Bart Russell

Bart Russell

Man in the Street (uncredited)

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