Wise Blood
1979-10-24A 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.

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.

Hazel Motes
Brad Dourif

Enoch Emory
Dan Shor

Sabbath Lily
Amy Wright

Asa Hawks
Harry Dean Stanton

Landlady
Mary Nell Santacroce

Hoover Shoates
Ned Beatty

Grandfather
John Huston

Preacher
William Hickey
Karl
J.L. Parker
Raymond
Marvin Sapp
Jakob Winslow
Richard Earle
Jacob Wood
Herb Kossover
Leora Watts
Betty Lou Groover
Loki Martinson
John Tyndall
Stranger #1
Gillaaron Houck
Stranger #2
Philip Mixer
Stranger #3
Sharon Johnson
Stranger #4
Joe Dorsey
Depressed Human
Stratton Leopold
Stranger #5
Leonard Holmes
Stranger #6
Daniel Albright
Young Man
Tommy Alson
Stranger #7
Harold Horne
Slade
Jim Barbee
Little Boy
Gene Howard
Salesman
Raymond Foskey
Little Girl
Vicky Dyer
Jerry Bob Jackson
Elijah Perry
Ken Guy
Ken Flower
Lisa Martinson
Gladys Hill
Slade Bob Jackson
Ray Wilkes

Policeman
Dan Albright

Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)
Allan A. Apone
Street Listener (uncredited)
Don Chambers

Man (uncredited)
William Finley
Man in the Street (uncredited)
Bart Russell