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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Dale Launer
- written by
- O. Henry
- story "The Ransom of Red Chief"
Cast
- Danny DeVito
- Sam Stone
- Bette Midler
- Barbara Stone
- Judge Reinhold
- Ken Kessler
- Helen Slater
- Sandy Kessler
- Anita Morris
- Carol
- Bill Pullman
- Earl
- William G. Schilling
- Police Commissioner
- Art Evans
- Lt. Bender
- Clarence Felder
- Lt. Walters
- J.E. Freeman
- Bedroom Killer
- Gary Riley
- Heavy Metal Kid
- Phyllis Applegate
- Loan Officer
- Jeannine Bisignano
- Hooker in Car
- J.P. Bumstead
- Technician
- Jon Cutler
- Stereo Store Customer
- Susan Marie Snyder
- Stereo Store Customer
- Jim Doughan
- Cop at Sam's House
- Christopher J. Keene
- Cop at Jail
- Henry Noguchi
- Coroner
- Frank Sivero
- The Mugger
- Arnold F. Turner
- Cop with Killer Picture
- Bob Tzudiker
- Sam's Attorney
- Charles A. Vanegas
- Arresting Cop
- Louise Yaffe
- Social Worker
- Janet Rotblatt
- Secretary to Chief of Police
- Charlotte Zucker
- Judge
- Art Bonilla
- Waiter
- Rick DeReyes
- Newscaster
- Mie Hunt
- Newscaster
- Ron Tank
- Newscaster
- Hanala Sagal
- Aerobic Instructor
- Beth R. Johnson
- Aerobic Instructor
- Richard Wilson
- Aerobic Instructor
- Twyla Littleton
- Model
- Mary Elizabeth Thompson
- Elderly Woman
- Binnie
- Poodle
- Shirley Blackwell
- Woman with Newspaper
- Chris Bosley
- Bailiff
- Marilyn Brandt
- Restaurant Patron
- Susan Breslau
- Woman Passing Phonebooth
- Kelly Burris
- SWAT Officer
- John Demy
- SWAT Officer
- Dennis Dodge
- Restaurant Patron
- John Forker
- Concerned Onlooker
- Dennis Freeman
- Courtroom Spectator
- Phil Hartman
- Newsreader
- Gil Janklowicz
- Fitness Instructor
- Kathryn Janssen
- Onlooking Neighbor
- Michael Francis Kelly
- Detective
- Erin Lyerla
- Video Store Patron
- Farrell Mayer
- Restaurant Patron
- Vince McMahon
- Wrestling Anouncer on TV
- Stephen Saracco
- Man in Crowd
- Lisa Smith
- Courtroom Spectator
- Walter Spear
- Onlooking Neighbor
- George 'The Animal' Steele
- Wrestler on TV
- Kenny Studer
- Detective
- Martin Valinsky
- Police Officer
- William Winckler
- Paper Boy
Produced By
- Joanna Lancaster
- executive producer
- Michael Peyser
- producer
- Richard Wagner
- executive producer
- Walter Yetnikoff
- executive producer
Music
- Michel Colombier
- Composer
Cinematography
- Jan de Bont
- director of photography
Sound
- Joseph F. Brennan
- boom operator
- Charles L. Campbell
- supervising sound editor
- Larry Carow
- sound editor
- Thomas Causey
- sound mixer
- Craig Clark
- assistant sound editor
- Samuel C. Crutcher
- sound editor
- Mike Dobie
- sound editor
- Louis L. Edemann
- supervising sound editor
- David W. Gray
- stereo sound consultant: Dolby
- Rick Kline
- re-recording mixer
- Donald O. Mitchell
- re-recording mixer
- Chuck Neely
- sound editor
- Alan L. Nineberg
- adr editor
- Kim Nolan
- apprentice sound editor
- Kevin O'Connell
- re-recording mixer
- Rod Rogers
- assistant adr editor
- Larry Singer
- supervising adr editor
- Darcy Vebber
- utility sound
- Greg Orloff
- foley mixer
- John Roesch
- foley artist
- David A. Whittaker
- sound editor
Editing
- Gib Jaffe
- film editor
- Arthur Schmidt
- Editor
Casting Director
- Ellen Chenoweth
- Casting Director
Art Direction
- Donald B. Woodruff
- Art Director
Set Design
Costumes
Makeup
- Barbara Lorenz
- hair stylist
- Brad Wilder
- makeup artist
Special Effects
- John Frazier
- special effects coordinator
- Rocky Gehr
- special effects
- Scott Forbes
- special effects foreman
Visual Effects
- Don Waller
- animator
Assistant Director
- William S. Beasley
- first assistant director
- Bruce Humphrey
- second assistant director
- Dannielle J. Weiss
- second second assistant director
- Joel Chernoff
- second unit director
Production Management
- Jeffrey Chernov
- unit production manager
- David Hoberman
- executive in charge of production: Walt Disney Studios
Art Department
- Barbara Adamski
- property master
- Rubin Andreatta
- greensman
- Walt Hadfield
- construction coordinator
- Mark Hite
- lead man
- Jon Hutman
- visual consultant
- Lilly Kilvert
- visual consultant
- Tony Leonardi
- stand-by painter
- David P. Newell
- assistant property master
- William James Teegarden
- set designer
- John Tyrrell
- painter
- James F. Walker
- construction foreman
- Victor M. Shannon
- plasterer
Stunts
- Phil Adams
- stunts
- Gregory J. Barnett
- stunts
- Ray Bickel
- stunts
- Brad Bovee
- stunts
- Danny Costa
- stunts
- Charles Croughwell
- stunts
- Vince Deadrick Sr.
- stunts
- Richard Drown
- stunts
- Diamond Farnsworth
- stunts
- Ralph Garrett
- stunts
- Gene Hartline
- stunts
- Loren Janes
- stunts
- Sasha Jenson
- stunts
- Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw
- stunts
- Wayne King Sr.
- stunts
- Max Kleven
- stunts
- Faith Minton
- stunts
- Carol Neilson
- stunts
- Kathleen O'Haco
- stunts
- Carol Rees
- stunts
- Pat Romano
- stunts
- Ben Scott
- stunts
- John-Clay Scott
- stunts
- Walter Scott
- stunt coordinator / stunts
- Brian Smrz
- stunts
- Mike Watson
- stunts
- Ted White
- stunts
- Vince Deadrick Jr.
- stunts
- Carey Loftin
- truck stunts
- C. Ransom Walrod
- stunts
Animation
- Sally Cruikshank
- animation sequence
Editorial
- Jeffrey James Bell
- second assistant editor
- Gary Burritt
- negative cutter
- Neil Kirk
- apprentice film editor
- Peter Lonsdale
- first assistant editor
- Lynne Bailey Smith
- apprentice film editor
Other
- Joseph Abrahams
- thanks
- Nancy Abrahams
- thanks
- Susan Breslau
- thanks
Music Department
- David Moritz
- assistant music editor
- Tommy Mottola
- music supervisor
- Michael Tronick
- music editor
- Frank Wolf
- music mixer
- Steve Forman
- musician: percussion
- Robin Garb
- executive music producer
- Edie Lehmann Boddicker
- singer
Casting Department
- Lisa Clarkson
- casting assistant
Costume Department
- Bella Brookalyna
- wardrobe
- Eric H. Sandberg
- costume supervisor
- Fran Vega-Buck
- costumer
Camera Department
- Ed Ayer
- gaffer
- William Coss
- second assistant camera
- Bill Decker
- key grip
- William Kenney
- dolly grip
- Laurel Moore
- still photographer
- Robert O. Moore
- best boy grip
- Víctor Pérez
- best boy
- Michael Scott
- camera operator
- William Waldman
- first assistant camera
- Wayne Baker
- steadycam assistant
- Moose Enright
- electrician
- Monte Swann
- video playback operator
Location Management
- Richard Davis Jr.
- location manager
Script Department
- Doris Grau
- script supervisor
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