Alice's Restaurant is a 1969 American comedy film co-written and directed by
Arthur Penn. It is an adaptation of the 1967
folk song "
Alice's Restaurant Massacree," originally written and sung by
Arlo Guthrie. The film stars Guthrie as himself, with Pat Quinn as Alice Brock and
James Broderick as Ray Brock. Contrary to popular belief, while Arlo Guthrie wrote the lyrics and music for the narrative song
"Alice’s Restaurant Massacree," he neither wrote nor co-wrote the screenplay for the film
Alice’s Restaurant, which was instead co-written by Venable Herndon and Arthur Penn.