The Subterraneans

• Director: Ranald MacDougall
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Main Cast: Leslie Caron, George Peppard, Janice Rule, Roddy McDowall, Anne Seymour
• Release Year: 1960
• Country: US
• Run Time: 89 minutes

Plot

Based rather loosely on a novel by Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans concerns a writer (played by George Peppard) who moves to San Francisco and falls in with a crowd of beatniks after falling in love with a French girl (Leslie Caron). The woman was black, not French, in Kerouac's novel, only the most obvious of the many areas in which this strays from the source material. Jazz great Gerry Mulligan has a small role as a saxophone-playing priest; jazz fans will also want to watch for cameos by Art Pepper, Shelly Manne, and Art Farmer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Leslie Caron - Mardou Fox
• George Peppard - Leo Percepied
• Janice Rule - Roxanne
• Roddy McDowall - Yuri Gligoric
• Anne Seymour - Charlotte Percepied

Jim Hutton - Adam Moorad; Scott Marlowe - Julien Alexander; Arte Johnson - Arial Lavalerra; Ruth Storey - Analyst; Bert Freed - Bartender; Gerry Mulligan - Himself; Carmen McRae - Herself; Andre Previn - Himself; Shelly Manne - Himself; Red Mitchell - Himself; Art Farmer - Himself; David Bailey; Buddy Clark; Frank Hamilton; Nanette Fabray - Society Woman; Paul Sand - Poet

Credit

George W. Davis - Art Director, Urie McCleary - Art Director, Moss Mabry - Costume Designer, Ranald MacDougall - Director, Ben Lewis - Editor, Andre Previn - Composer (Music Score), William J. Tuttle - Makeup, Joseph Ruttenberg - Cinematographer, Arthur Freed - Producer, Henry W. Grace - Set Designer, Hugh Hunt - Set Designer, Lee Le Blanc - Special Effects, Robert Thom - Screenwriter, Jack Kerouac - Book Author