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Without Getting Killed or Caught

Townes is her soul. Guy is her heart.

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Follow Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, and Townes Van Zandt as they rise from obscurity to reverence: Guy, the Pancho to Van Zandt’s Lefty, struggling to establish himself as the Dylan Thomas of American music, while Susanna pens hit songs and paints album covers for top artists, and Townes spirals in self-destruction after writing some of Americana music’s most enduring and influential ballads.

Directed byTamara Saviano, Paul Whitfield

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
EN
Released
July 23, 2021
Studios
Slow Uvalde Films

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Without Getting Killed or Caught - Official Trailer (2020)

Without Getting Killed or Caught - Official Trailer (2020)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Guy Clark

Guy Clark

Self (archive footage)

Susanna Clark

Self (archive footage)

Townes Van Zandt

Townes Van Zandt

Self (archive footage)

Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell

Self

Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Self

Terry Allen

Self

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)

Jo Harvey Allen

Jo Harvey Allen

Self

Vince Gill

Vince Gill

Self

Verlon Thompson

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Tamara Saviano
Paul Whitfield
Written by
Tamara Saviano
Bart Knaggs
Produced by
Tamara Saviano
Paul Whitfield

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