Fools' Parade (1971)
Glory, W.Va., 1935. It wasn't exactly a parade. It wasn't a time for celebration. It was a time to run for your life.
98 min
When a trio of ex-convicts led by Mattie Appleyard is released from prison, they hope to open a general store using money Mattie has saved during his 40-year sentence. This attempt is met with great resistance from a corrupt prison official and the banker who issued Mattie the check.
- Release date
- August 18, 1971
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- James Stewart as Mattie Appleyard
- George Kennedy as 'Doc' Council
- Anne Baxter as Cleo
- Strother Martin as Lee Cottrill
- Kurt Russell as Johnny Jesus
- William Windom as Roy K. Sizemore
- Mike Kellin as Steve Mystic
- Katherine Cannon as Chanty
- Morgan Paull as Junior Kilfong
- Robert Donner as Willis Hubbard
Crew
- Andrew V. McLaglen · Director
- Davis Grubb · Writer
- James Lee Barrett · Writer
- James Lee Barrett · Producer
- Andrew V. McLaglen · Producer
- Henry Vars · Composer
- Harry Stradling Jr. · Cinematographer
- David Bretherton · Editor
- Robert L. Simpson · Editor
- Hoyt Bowers · Casting director