Bound for Glory (1976)

***Bound for Glory*** is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Hal Ashby and loosely adapted by Robert Getchell from Woody Guthrie's 1943 partly fictionalized autobiography *Bound for Glory*. The film stars David Carradine as folk singer Woody Guthrie, with Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka and Randy Quaid. Much of the film is based on Guthrie's attempt to humanize the desperate Okie Dust Bowl refugees in California during the Great Depression.

*Bound for Glory* was the first motion picture in which inventor/operator Garrett Brown used his new Steadicam for filming moving scenes. Director of Photography Haskell Wexler won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 49th Academy Awards.

## Cast

* David Carradine - Woody Guthrie
* Ronny Cox - Ozark Bule
* Melinda Dillon - Mary (Woody's wife)
* Gail Strickland - Pauline
* John Lehne - Locke (radio station manager)
* Ji-Tu Cumbuka - Slim Snedeger (Hobo on train)
* Randy Quaid - Luther Johnson (migrant worker)
* Elizabeth Macey - Liz (Johnson's wife)
* Sarah and Susan Vaill - Gwen (Guthrie children)
* Alexandra and Kimberly Mock - Sue (Guthrie children)
* Miriam Byrd-Nethery - Sick Woman (Water-swallowing scene) (as Miriam Byrd Nethery)
* Jane Lambert - Other Woman (Water-swallowing scene)
* Jan Burrell - Other Woman (Water-swallowing scene)
* Lee McLaughlin - Heavy Chandler ('insane' man)
* Ted Gehring - Conners (Pampa store owner)
* Robert Sorrells - Charlie Guthrie (Woody's father)
* Guthrie Thomas - George Guthrie (Woody's brother)
* Wendy Schaal - Mary Jo Guthrie (Woody's sister)
* Delos V. Smith Jr. - Old Man Jenkins (Gas Station Owner)
* David Clennon - Carl (Man in Gas Station)
* Larry Luttrell - Hank (Man in Gas Station)
* Beeson Carroll - Collister (Gas station customer)
* Mary Kay Place - Sue Ann (girl in bar)
* Tani Guthrie - Donna Jo (Woody's California-bound neighbor) (as Tani Phelps Guthrie)
* James O'Connell - Jesse (Woody's California-bound neighbor)
* Bruce Johnson - Jimmy (square dance caller and barber)
* R.A. Rondell - Steve (Hobo on train)
* James Jeter - Crippled Whitey (Hobo on train)
* Clifford A. Pellow - Bill, the Chief Railroad Harness Guard (as Cliff Pellow)
* Tom Howard - Railroad Harness Guard
* Chuck Katzakian - Railroad Harness Guard
* Harry Holcombe - Minister
* Evelyn Russell - Wife (Couple in trailer automobile)
* M. Emmet Walsh - Husband (Couple in trailer automobile)
* Sondra Blake - Judy (Waitress)
* Brion James - Pick-up truck driver at border
* James Carroll - Man at border (as James Lough)
* Tom Peters - Man at Border
* Raymond Guth - Hobo (in hobo camp)
* Buddy Joe Hooker - Man (Shot off Train)
* James Hong - Chili Joint Owner
* Cara Corren - Girl Singer at Migrant Camp
* Susan Barnes - Girl Singer at Migrant Camp
* Bobby Bass - Head Goon at Migrant Camp
* Harvey J. Newmark - Musician
* Thomas J. Sauber - Musician
* Lyle Ritz - Musician
* Johana De Winter - Union Organizer (as Johana deWinter)
* Gary Downey - Union Organizer
* Jama Tegeler - Girl at Union Meeting
* G. Marie Haller - Field School Teacher
* Leanna Johnson Heath - Girl at Stream
* Robert Ginty - Artichoke picker
* Tony Becker - Tough boy on train
* Kip Addotta - Cocoanut Grove audition singer
* Burke Byrnes - Mr. Graham (Conducting Cocoanut Grove auditions)
* Samantha Harper - Amy Martin (Conducting Cocoanut Grove auditions)

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Read Morgan - (scenes deleted)
* Carey Exton - Migrant Camp Singer (uncredited)
* Eva-Marie Fredric - Migrant Camp Kid (uncredited)
* Bob Harks - Cameraman (uncredited)
* Bernie Kopell - Baker (Woody's Agent) (uncredited)
* Allan Miller - Baker (Woody Agent) (uncredited)
* Carl D. Parker - Blindman (uncredited)
* Bill Riddle - Pimp on the Train (uncredited)
* Klaus Wille - Migrant Camp Worker (uncredited)