Sissy SpacekCarolyn Cassady Ray SharkeyIra (based on Allen Ginsberg) Margaret FairchildMrs. Kerouac Mary Margaret AmatoWaitress Susan NivenOgden's Secretary Marcia NasatirFirst Receptionist Mickey KellySecond Receptionist Luis ContrerasMexican Junkie John LarroquetteTV Talk Show Host Terence H. WinklessYouth in Bar David LynchPainter (uncredited) Mickey KellySecond Receptionist Raymond VitteUndercover Agent John ByrumDirector / Writer Edward R. PressmanProducer Michael H. ShambergProducer William TepperExecutive Producer Jack FiskProduction Design Thomas L. RoysdenSet Decoration László KovácsDirector Of Photography Patricia NorrisCostume Design Edouard F. Henriques IIIMakeup Artist Vivian McAteerHairstylist Jack NitzscheOriginal Music Composer Richard HashimotoProduction Manager 
