
Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou. Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” -- the pure essence of experience.

as Dean Moriarty / Neal Cassady

as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac

as Marylou / LuAnne Henderson

as Jane / Joan Vollmer

as Carlo Marx / Allen Ginsberg

as Ed Dunkle / Al Hinkle

as Terry / Bea Franco

as Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle

as Camille / Carolyn Cassady

as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs

as Tall thin salesman

as Walter

as Virginia Cop

as Vicki

as Laura

as Paul

as Tonia

as Puta Loca Roja

as Slim Gaillard

as Rita Bettancourt

as Alfred

as Henry Glass

as Montana Slim

as Irish Catholic Priest

as Maitre D

as Oaxacan Girl

as Newlywed Woman

as Chevy Owner

as Terry's Father

as Newlywed Man

as Walter's Wife (as Tetchena Bellange)

as Denver Police

as Grocery Store Owner

as Disgruntled Driver

as Chad King

as New Jersey Policeman

as Joanie 17 months

as Cotton Foreman

as Victor

as Paul's Father

as Inez

as Johnny

as Migrant Worker

as Black Woman

as Okie Woman

as Parking Lot Boss

as Ma Paradise

as Nin Paradise

as Sam Pharmacy

as Tom Saybrook

as Mississippi Gene

as Denver Barber

as Okie Hitchhiker

as Hotel Clerk

as Remi Boncoeur

as Pecos Truck Driver

as Dorie

as Paul's Mother

as Venezuelan Girl

as Old Tramp

as Old Bartender

as Blond Kid

as Migrant Truck Driver

as Migrant Worker

as Dona Gregoria

as Dynamite Truck Driver

as Broadway Sam

as Dodie Lee (8)

as Paul's Old Aunt

as Whorehouse Girl 1

as Whorehouse Girl 2

as Farmer’s Daughter (uncredited)

as Ghostly Hobo (uncredited)