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6.2/10   93 votes
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Director:
Aram Avakian
Writers:
John Barth (novel)
Dennis McGuire (writer) ...
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Release Date:
10 February 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Are you ready for "End Of The Road"?
Plot:
After a catatonic episode on a railway station platform, Jacob Horner is taken to "The Farm", a bizarre insane asylum run by Doctor D... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Compelling and bizarre more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Stacy Keach ... Jacob Horner
Harris Yulin ... Joe Morgan

Dorothy Tristan ... Rennie Morgan

James Earl Jones ... Doctor D

Grayson Hall ... Peggy Rankin
Ray Brock ... Sniperman / Mrs. Dockey
John Pleshette ... Finkle
Gail Gilmore ... Miss Gibson (as Gail Gibson)
Maeve McGuire ... Receptionist
Norman Simpson ... Dr. Schott
Graham Jarvis ... Dr. Carter
June Hutchinson ... Miss Banning / Tea Lady
Joel Oppenheimer ... Chicken Man
James Coco ... School Man
Oliver Clark ... Dog Man
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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R | USA:X (original rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Some of the hospital inmates were played by real patients on leave from the Austen-Riggs Psychiatric Institute. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 7 (2002) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Don't Worry 'Bout Me more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Compelling and bizarre, 20 September 1998
10/10
Author: Todd McNeeley from Chicago, Il USA

End Of The Road is a compelling and bizarre film from that most elusive of genres, the "acid" film. Okay, so that may not be an officially recognized genre. All the same this title emerges from the hippie generation as an indictment of "establishment" ethos complete with a generous helping of surrealism and "acid-friendly" scenery.

In and of itself, its a pompous and wholly unremarkable film. It tries to play itself of intellectual and deep, and only comes off as superficial and pointless. The whole is definitely not as valuable of its parts. What is remarkable is the brilliant performance of James Earl Jones as Doctor D who is experimenting with radical psychological treatments that wreak of the mythical MK Ultra mind control experiments alleged to be performed by the CIA and legendary escaped Nazi scientist Joseph Goebles (sp).

Jones really pulls out all the stops and lets loose in this role. He bombards Stacy Keach with traumatic sounds and images as part of his treatment, and he twists and contorts his voice, body, and mannerisms to paint an over the top picture of a cutting edge scientist walking a fine line between sanity and lunacy.

It's hard to suggest that you, or anyone would enjoy this film, but if you have a taste for the twisted, you'll certainly appreciate bearing witness to this oddly beautiful artistic train wreck of a movie.

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