---
title: 'End of the Road (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aram Avakian'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/end-of-the-road-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065692/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# End of the Road (1970)

1970 · 110 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

End of the Road is a 1970 American satirical black comedy drama film directed, co-written, and edited by Aram Avakian and adapted from a 1958 novel by John Barth, and stars Stacy Keach, James Earl Jones and Harris Yulin. The film follows Jacob Horner, a man who has a catatonic episode and is taken to "The Farm", an unconventional mental institution run by the eccentric Doctor D. After being cured, Jacob takes a job as an English lecturer and begins a disastrous affair with Rennie Morgan, the wife of his colleague Joe.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Terry Southern](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-southern), [Aram Avakian](https://cinepixo.com/people/aram-avakian)
- **Director:** [Aram Avakian](https://cinepixo.com/people/aram-avakian)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Teo Macero](https://cinepixo.com/people/teo-macero)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gordon Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-willis)
- **Editor:** [Robert Q. Lovett](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-q-lovett)

## Cast

- [Gail Gilmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/gail-gilmore)
- [Grayson Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/grayson-hall)
- [Harris Yulin](https://cinepixo.com/people/harris-yulin)
- [Stacy Keach](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-keach)
- [Terry Southern](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-southern)
- [James Earl Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-earl-jones)
- [M. Emmet Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-emmet-walsh)
- [N. F. Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/n-f-simpson)
- [Dorothy Tristan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-tristan)
- [Aram Avakian](https://cinepixo.com/people/aram-avakian)
- [Graham Jarvis](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-jarvis)
- [James Coco](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-coco)

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