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Directed By
Guy Green
Written By
Elizabeth Kata
novel "Be Ready With Bells and Drums"
Guy Green
written for the screen
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Gordon Ralfe
Shelley Winters
Rose-Ann D'Arcey
Elizabeth Hartman
Selina D'Arcey
Wallace Ford
Ole Pa
Ivan Dixon
Mark Ralfe
Elisabeth Fraser
Sadie
John Qualen
Mr. Faber
Kelly Flynn
Yanek Faber
Debi Storm
Selina, Age 5
Renata Vanni
Mrs. Favaloro
Saverio LoMedico
Mr. Favaloro
William Burnside
Vendor
Vincent Chase
Man
Tom Curtis
Bus Driver
Jack Gordon
Pedestrian
Maria Haro
Pedestrian
Fred Holliday
Man
Jimmie Horan
Pedestrian
Johnny Kern
Pedestrian
Clarence Landry
Pedestrian
Dorothy Lovett
Woman
Gregg Martell
Man
Jim Michael
Pedestrian
Emma Palmese
Pedestrian
David Richards
Messenger
Jeffrey Sayre
Pedestrian
Bill Scully
Pedestrian
Theresa Testa
Pedestrian
Robert B. Williams
Neighbor
Produced By
Pandro S. Berman
producer
Guy Green
producer
Kathryn Hereford
associate producer
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Elmer Bernstein
Composer
Cinematography
Robert Burks
director of photography
Sound
Franklin Milton
recording supervisor
Larry Hadsell
boom operator
Larry Jost
sound mixer
Carl Riggen
cableman
Bruce Wright
sound recordist
Editing
Rita Roland
Hal G. Davis
Editor
Art Direction
George W. Davis
Urie McCleary
Set Design
Henry Grace
Charles S. Thompson
Makeup
William Tuttle
makeup creator
John Truwe
makeup artist
Visual Effects
Robert R. Hoag
special visual effects
Assistant Director
Hank Moonjean
assistant director
Bill Finnegan
assistant director
Herb Hirst
assistant director
Production Management
Lindsley Parsons Jr.
assistant production manager: MGM
Art Department
Bill Graham
prop
Robert Murdock
prop
Stunts
Loren Janes
stunts
Music Department
Jerry Goldsmith
conductor
Tommy Morgan
musician: harmonica soloist
Arthur Morton
orchestrator
Camera Department
John Barber
best boy
Kenny Bell
still photographer
Bobby Greene
first assistant camera
George Hollister
assistant camera
Lloyd Isbell
grip
Orvis Rider
best boy
Wes Shanks
gaffer
Leonard J. South
camera operator
Script Department
Dorothy Aldrin
script supervisor
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