

09/12/1974
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.

Ellen Burstyn
as Alice Hyatt

Alfred Lutter
as Tommy

Kris Kristofferson
as David

Harvey Keitel
as Ben Eberhardt

Diane Ladd
as Flo

Lelia Goldoni
as Bea

Billy Green Bush
as Donald Hyatt

Jodie Foster
as Audrey

Valerie Curtin
as Vera

Vic Tayback
as Mel

Murray Moston
as Jacobs

Harry Northup
as Joe & Jim's Bartender

Lane Bradbury
as Rita Eberhardt

Mia Bendixsen
as Alice - Age 8

Dean Casper
as Chicken

Marty Brinton
as Lenny

Ola Moore
as Old Woman

Laura Dern
as Girl Eating Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)

Tami Conner
as Mother (uncredited)

David Adams
as Diner at Mel & Ruby's (uncredited)

Jackie Bridges
as Owner of Country Western Bar (uncredited)

Steve DeFrance
as Diner at Mel & Ruby's (uncredited)

Jan Eddy
as Store Clerk (uncredited)

Arnold Herzstein
as Man Outside the House (uncredited)

Henry Kendrick
as Music Store Clerk (uncredited)

Frank Kennedy
as Lou - Owner of Piano Bar (uncredited)

Lambert Marks
as Bea's Husband (uncredited)

Don Starr
as Diner at Mel & Ruby's (uncredited)

Tiny Wells
as Hurricane Bar Owner (uncredited)

Bob Westmoreland
as Policeman (uncredited)

Martin Scorsese
as Diner Patron (uncredited)

Helen E. Hintz
as Lady at Bathroom Door (uncredited)

Molly Starr
as Diner at Mel & Ruby's (uncredited)
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