Heart Beat

Nick Nolte

Neal Cassady

Sissy Spacek

Carolyn Cassady

John Heard

Jack Kerouac

Ray Sharkey

Ira (based on Allen Ginsberg)

Ann Dusenberry

Stevie

Margaret Fairchild

Mrs. Kerouac

Tony Bill

Dick

Mary Margaret Amato

Waitress

Kent Williams

Ogden

Susan Niven

Ogden's Secretary

Marcia Nasatir

First Receptionist

Mickey Kelly

Second Receptionist

Luis Contreras

Mexican Junkie

Sharon Lee

Blonde in Car

Stephen Davies

Bob Bendix

Jenny O'Hara

Betty Bendix

Don Brodie

Dispatcher

John Larroquette

TV Talk Show Host

Terence H. Winkless

Youth in Bar

Steve Allen

Steve Allen

Dianne Crittenden

Casting

Thomas L. Roysden

Set Decoration

Michael Shamberg

Producer

Jack Fisk

Production Design

Patricia Norris

Costume Design

Jack Nitzsche

Original Music Composer

László Kovács

Director of Photography

Richard Hashimoto

Production Manager

William Tepper

Executive Producer

Gary B. Kibbe

Additional Photography

Alan Greisman

Producer

Edward R. Pressman

Producer

John Byrum

Director, Writer

Eric Jenkins

Editor

David Axlerod

Producer

Edouard F. Henriques III

Makeup Artist

Vivian McAteer

Hairstylist