Alice's Restaurant

After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the trash to the dump but finds it closed for the holiday, so he dumps the trash in the bottom of a ravine. This act of littering gets him arrested and sends him on a bizarre journey.

Cast

Arlo Guthrie

as Arlo Guthrie

Patricia Quinn

as Alice Brock

James Broderick

as Ray Brock

Tina Chen

as Mari-chan

Geoff Outlaw

as Roger Crowther

Michael McClanathan

as Shelly

Pete Seeger

as Himself

Lee Hays

as Himself

Kathleen Dabney

as Karin

William Obanhein

as Himself - Officer Obie

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