


Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.

Bud Cort
Brewster

Sally Kellerman
Louise

Michael Murphy
Shaft

William Windom
Weeks

Shelley Duvall
Suzanne

René Auberjonois
The Lecturer

Stacy Keach
Abraham Wright

John Schuck
Johnson

Margaret Hamilton
Daphne Heap

Jennifer Salt
Hope

Corey Fischer
Hines

G. Wood
Crandall

Bert Remsen
Douglas Breen
Angelin Johnson
Mrs. Breen
Dean Goss
Officer Ledbetter
Gary Chason
Camera Store Clerk
William Baldwin
Bernard
William Henry Bennet
Band Conductor
Ellis Gilbert
Butler
Verdie Henshaw
Feathered Nest Sanatorium Manager
Robert Altman
Doran William Cannon
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