Arlo Guthrie, Seth Allen, Monroe Arnold, Louis Beachner, Joseph Borley, James Broderick, Vinette Carroll, Tina Chen, Kathleen Dabney, Sylvia David

Hippie outsider Arlo encounters suspicion from the straight world; visits his dying father, renowned leftist activist/singer Woody Guthrie, in the hospital along with friend Pete Seeger; and hangs out in the title converted church/commune created by his friends Alice and her husband Ray . After Alice's "Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat," Arlo is arrested for littering by rule-following Officer "Obie" Obanhein. That littering arrest helps Arlo avoid the Vietnam draft, but the commune is threatened after more personal, old-fashioned conflicts over sex and partnerships permeate Alice and Ray's alternative world.