Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood (1978): Cast

Produced by the BBC in 1978, this documentary follows journalist Hunter S. Thompson on a road‑trip to Hollywood with illustrator Ralph Steadman, both Britons of director Nigel Finch. Journeying from Las Vegas through Death Valley and Barstow, it blends interviews with Thompson and Steadman and brief readings from Thompson’s writings.

• NF Director Nigel Finch

• HS Hunter S. Thompson as themselves
• RS Ralph Steadman as themselves
• Bill Murray as themselves
• Richard Nixon as themselves

• Stonewall 1995
• The Lost Language of Cranes 1992
• Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon 1991
• The Rolling Stones: 25x5 - The Continuing Adventures of The Rolling Stones 1989

Also known as

• Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision
• Fear & Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
• Fear & Loathing in Gonzovision