Main Cast: Alan Arkin, Paul Benedict, Hector Elizondo, Oliver Clark, Charles Durning
Release Year: 1972
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
Plot
One of Terrence Malick's early screenwriting efforts, this loosely-structured road movie finds a questionably sane long-distance trucker named Cooper (Alan Arkin) winding his way through the heart of America. An employee of a questionable hauling outfit who has been assigned to drive a newly hijacked rig to an as-of-yet undisclosed-location, Cooper quickly ditches his partner and points his eighteen-wheeler westward. Picking-up a hitchhiker (Paul Benedict) for some company in the cab, the unstable trucker's journey westward grows increasingly surreal as he runs into numerous eccentric characters, portrayed in cameo roles by such noted names as Ida Lupino, George Raft, Charles Durning, Loretta Swit, Richard Kiel and future director John Milius. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Larry Wolf - Pineapple; Barnard Hughes - Old Man; William Duell - Auto Parts Salesman; Madison Arnold - Hostler; Loretta Swit - Woman with Glass Eye; Donna Anderson - Waitress; Allen Garfield - Juicy Brucey; Dan Resin - Foreman; Diane Shalet - Donna James; Bruce Bennett - Johnny Mesquitero; John Milius - Second State Trooper; Bill Littleton - Chicken Farmer; Tom Waters - Truck Driver; Phil Kenneally; Bill McCutcheon - Used-Car Dealer; George Raft - Himself; Avery Schreiber - The Boss; John Steadman - Old Sam; Ida Lupino - Herself
Credit
Richard Bruno - Costume Designer, Russell Vreeland - First Assistant Director, Fred Brost - First Assistant Director, Vernon Zimmerman - Director, George Hively - Editor, Eve Newman - Editor, Bud Smith - Editor, Tom T. Hall - Composer (Music Score), Dave Dudley - Songwriter, Ralph A. Woolsey - Cinematographer, Jack Bohrer - Production Manager, Tony Bill - Producer, Vernon Zimmerman - Producer, John Prizer - Producer, Spencer Quinn - Set Designer, Charles D. Knight - Sound/Sound Designer, Terrence Malick - Screenwriter
