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.
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Garrett Hedlund
Dean Moriarty / Neal Cassady
Sam Riley
Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Kristen Stewart
Marylou / LuAnne Henderson
Amy Adams
Jane / Joan Vollmer
Tom Sturridge
Carlo Marx / Allen Ginsberg
Danny Morgan
Ed Dunkle / Al Hinkle
Alice Braga
Terry / Bea Franco
Elisabeth Moss
Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle
Kirsten Dunst
Camille / Carolyn Cassady
Viggo Mortensen
Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
Steve Buscemi
Tall thin salesman
Terrence Howard
Walter
Joe Chrest
Virginia Cop
Sarah Allen
Vicki
Kim Bubbs
Laura
