This early and relatively brief appearance is significant because it represents the other talent Stanton possessed in spades: crooning. (He would go on to sing with Dylan and Joan Baez in the sprawling 1978 documentary hybrid Renaldo and Clara.) In Rosenberg’s beloved prison drama, Stanton plays Tramp, the guitar-strumming troubadour who leads his fellow fugitives through renditions of Ain’t No Grave and Just a Closer Walk with Thee. Screen: NFT1.
