Pickup on 101

• Director: John Florea
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Release Year: 1972
• Country: US
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

In this counter-culture melodrama, a youthful hitcher teams up with an aging vagabond on a lonely Southwestern road. The two are given a lift by an unemployed rocker. Soon the three find themselves at odds with assorted "establishment" characters until the old hobo has a fatal heart attack. As he dies, he asks to be buried on his old farm. Unfortunately, the newest owner refuses, so the rocker and the hitcher have the old guy cremated. They then scatter his ashes over the farm. Songs include: "Echos of the Road" (Stu Phillips, Bob Stone), "Electric Ethel" (Murphy and Castleman), and "Flowers For My Bed" (Nino Candido). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jack Albertson - Hobo; Hal Baylor - Railroad Cop; William Bryant; George Chandler - Pawnshop Owner; Robert Donner - Jesse, 1st Farmer; Charles Dorsett; Eddie Firestone - Auto Mechanic; William Mims - Antique Shop Owner; Michael Ontkean - Chuck; Mike Road - Desk Sergeant; Fran Ryan; Donald Spruance - Highway Patrolman; Peggy Stewart; Harold J. Stone - 2nd Farmer; Lesley Ann Warren - Nickie; Buck Young; Martin Sheen - Les Cavanaugh; Bill Lally; Earl Brown

Credit

Oscar Rodriguez - Costume Designer, John Florea - Director, The Jamez - Editor, Stu Phillips - Composer (Music Score), Igo Kantor - Musical Direction/Supervision, Dan Greenway - Makeup, Brick Marquard - Cinematographer, Carl F. Marquard - Cinematographer, Ed Garner - Producer, Christian Whittaker - Producer, Noel Black - Screenwriter, Anthony Blake - Screenwriter