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Heart Beat
🎬 Movie

Heart Beat

1980 · 110 min Drama
5.4 / 10 · TMDB

An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady's wife, Carolyn.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The director bets on details: a gesture, a glance, a pause. In a good drama this is what says the most — and that principle is upheld here.

Worth watching if you're in the mood for serious cinema. Not background viewing — it demands attention.

For viewers who can watch slow cinema and value the human element in stories.

Director: John Byrum

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: In quiet, in the evening. Better alone or with someone who watches films seriously.

🎭 Cast

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Neal Cassady

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Carolyn Cassady

John Heard

John Heard

Jack Kerouac

Ray Sharkey

Ray Sharkey

Ira (based on Allen Ginsberg)

Ann Dusenberry

Ann Dusenberry

Stevie

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Margaret Fairchild

Mrs. Kerouac

Tony Bill

Tony Bill

Dick

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Mary Margaret Amato

Waitress

Kent Williams

Kent Williams

Ogden

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Susan Niven

Ogden's Secretary

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