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Directed By
Jim Abrahams
David Zucker
Jerry Zucker
Written By
Jim Abrahams
written for the screen by
David Zucker
written for the screen by
Jerry Zucker
written for the screen by
Hall Bartlett
screenplay "Zero Hour"
John C. Champion
screenplay "Zero Hour"
Arthur Hailey
screenplay "Zero Hour" / teleplay "Flight Into Danger"
Cast
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roger Murdock
Lloyd Bridges
Steve McCroskey
Peter Graves
Captain Clarence Oveur
Julie Hagerty
Elaine Dickinson
Robert Hays
Ted Striker
Leslie Nielsen
Dr. Rumack
Lorna Patterson
Randy
Robert Stack
Captain Rex Kramer
Stephen Stucker
Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs
Otto
Otto
Jim Abrahams
Religious Zealot #6
Frank Ashmore
Victor Basta
Jonathan Banks
Gunderson
Craig Berenson
Paul Carey
Barbara Billingsley
Jive Lady
Lee Bryant
Mrs. Hammen
Joyce Bulifant
Mrs. Davis
Mae E. Campbell
Security Lady
Ted Chapman
Airport Steward
Jesse Emmett
Man from India
Norman Alexander Gibbs
First Jive Dude
Amy Gibson
Soldier's Girl
Marcy Goldman
Mrs. Geline
Bob Gorman
Striped Controller
Rossie Harris
Joey
Maurice Hill
Reporter #3
David Hollander
Young Boy with Coffee
James Hong
Japanese General
Howard Honig
Jack
Gregory Itzin
Religious Zealot #1
Howard Jarvis
Man in Taxi
Michael Laurence
Newscaster
David Leisure
First Krishna
Zachary Lewis
Religious Zealot #3
Barbara Mallory
Religious Zealot #2
Maureen McGovern
Nun
Nora Meerbaum
Cocaine Lady
Mary Mercier
Shirley
Ethel Merman
Lieutenant Hurwitz
Len Mooy
Reporter #1
Ann Nelson
Hanging Lady
Laura Nix
Mrs. Hurwitz
John O'Leary
Reporter #2
Cyril O'Reilly
Soldier
Bill Porter
Hospital Contortionist
Nicholas Pryor
Mr. Hammen
Conrad E. Palmisano
Religious Zealot #4
Mallory Sandler
L.A. Ticket Agent
Michelle Stacy
Young Girl with Coffee
Robert Starr
Religious Zealot #5
Barbara Stuart
Mrs. Kramer
Lee Terri
Mrs. Oveur
Kenneth Tobey
Air Controller Neubauer
William Tregoe
Jack Kirkpatrick
Hatsuo Uda
Japanese Newscaster
Herb Voland
Air Controller Macias
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker
Windshield Wiper Man
Jill Whelan
Lisa Davis
Al White
Second Jive Dude
John David Wilder
Second Krishna
Windy
Horse
Jason Wingreen
Dr. Brody
Louise Yaffe
Mrs. Jaffe
Charlotte Zucker
Make-up Lady
David Zucker
Ground Crewman #2
Jerry Zucker
Ground Crewman #1
Benjie Bancroft
Reporter
Larry Blake
Upside-Down Man
Susan Breslau
Ticket Agent
Stephen Burnette
Controller
Bob Courts
Reporter
William Duell
Reporter #4
Len Felber
Airport Commuter
Sig Frohlich
Plane Maintenance Man
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Girl Scout in Bar
George Hickman
Passenger
Leslie Hoffman
Passenger in Terminal
Bill Kirchenbauer
Captain Geline
Gene LeBell
Religious Zealot
Joyce Mandel
Woman on Flight
John Marlin
Passenger in Terminal
Rod McKuen
Bartender
Ernesto Molinari
Club Patron
Paula Marie Moody
Girl Scout in Bar
Kitten Natividad
Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane
Robert Nevin
Other Doctor
Tony Regan
Passenger
Patrick Reynolds
Third Krishna
Leoda Richards
Passenger
Herb Vigran
Reporter #5
Henry Wills
Commuter On Baggage Carousel
Sally Yarnell
Passenger in Terminal
Produced By
Jim Abrahams
executive producer
Jon Davison
producer
Howard W. Koch
executive producer
Hunt Lowry
associate producer
David Zucker
executive producer
Jerry Zucker
executive producer
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography
Joseph F. Biroc
director of photography
Sound
David E. Campbell
re-recording mixer
Jeff Clark
assistant sound editor
Bill Henderson
sound re-recording engineer
David J. Hudson
re-recording mixer
Dennis Jones
boom operator
Tom Overton
sound recording mixer
John T. Reitz
re-recording mixer
James Troutman
sound editor
Alan Bernard
sound
Terry Chambers
sound editor
Jeremy Hoenack
sound effects editor
Jayme S. Parker
sound editor
Donald C. Rogers
technical director of sound
Ronald L. Stirling
boom operator
David A. Whittaker
assistant sound editor
Editing
Patrick Kennedy
Casting Director
Joel Thurm
Production Design
Ward Preston
Set Design
Anne D. McCulley
Costumes
Rosanna Norton
Makeup
Edwin Butterworth
makeup artist
Joan Phillips
hair stylist
Rob Bottin
makeup artist
Bob Stein
makeup artist
Special Effects
John Frazier
special effects
Chris Walas
special projects
Brian Bevis
special effects crew
Ted Koerner
special effects
Visual Effects
Max W. Anderson
visual effects
Robert Blalack
visual effects: MPI
Chris Casady
visual effects: VCE
Donald Hansard Sr.
process supervisor
Bill Hedge
visual effects: Magic Lantern
Richard O. Helmer
miniature special effects
Peter Kuran
visual effects: VCE
Bruce Logan
director of photography: special effects
Jamie Shourt
visual effects: MPI
Paul Gentry
director of photography: miniatures
David Merritt
model maker: MPI
Christopher S. Ross
special effects miniatures
Assistant Director
Daniel Attias
dga trainee
Kenneth D. Collins
second assistant director
Arne Schmidt
first assistant director
Production Management
Maurice Vaccarino
unit production manager
Lindsley Parsons Jr.
executive production manager: Paramount
Art Department
Jeff Clark
sign writer
Tom Crowl
assistant property master
Wally Graham
construction coordinator
Mike Higelmire
lead person
Joseph E. Hubbard
set designer
Steven M. Levine
property master
David Jonas
production illustrator
Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour
stunt performer
Debbie Evans
stunt performer
Sandra Lee Gimpel
stunt performer
Leslie Hoffman
stunt performer
Conrad E. Palmisano
stunt coordinator / stunt double: Lloyd Bridges / stunt double: Robert Hays
C.D. Smith
stunts
Leigh Walsh
stunt double
Janet Brady
stunts
Roger Creed
stunt performer
Paula Dell
stunts
Chuck Hayward
stunt performer
David LeBell
stunts
Gene LeBell
stunts
Paula Marie Moody
stunt performer
Esther Palmisano
stunt performer
Nick Palmisano
stunt performer
Mary Peters
stunts
Diane Peterson
stunts
Dar Robinson
stunts
Russell Saunders
stunt performer
Rick Seaman
stunts
Greg Walker
stunts
Jesse Wayne
stunts
Henry Wills
stunts
Editorial
Scott K. Wallace
assistant editor
Norman Alexander Gibbs
dialogue: Jive
Al White
dialogue: Jive
Other
Glenda Baker
transportation
Tom Baker
transportation
Frank Khoury
driver
Music Department
Allison Caine
vocal effects advisor
Jeff Carson
music editor
Kathy Durning
music editor
David Spear
orchestrator
Murray Adler
musician: violin
Dale Anderson
musician: percussion
Jim Atkinson
musician: french horn
Elmer Bernstein
conductor
Denyse Buffum
musician: viola
Larry Bunker
musician: drums, percussion
Norman Carr
musician: violin
Gene Cipriano
musician: saxophone
Ronald Cooper
musician: cello
Douglas Davis
musician: cello
Vince De Rosa
musician: French horn
Bonnie Jean Douglas
musician: violin
Earl Dumler
musician: oboe
Dominick Fera
musician: clarinet
Carl Fortina
orchestra manager
Pamela Goldsmith
musician: viola
Dan Goldwasser
soundtrack producer
Gary Gray
musician: clarinet
Susan Greenberg
musician: flute
Ralph Grierson
musician: piano
Todd Hemmenway
musician: cello
Norman Herzburg
musician: bassoon
Paula Hochhalter
musician: cello
Boyde Hood
musician: trumpet
Anatol Kaminsky
musician: violin
Jim Kanter
musician: clarinet
Alan Kaplan
musician: trombone
Armand Kaproff
musician: cello
Anne Karam
musician: cello
Milton Kestenbaum
musician: bass
Richard Lapham
supervising music editor
Charlie Loper
musician: trombone
Abe Luboff
musician: bass
Arthur Maebe
musician: french horn
Virginia Majewski
musician: viola
Jack Marsh
musician: bassoon
Lincoln Mayorga
musician: piano
Malcolm McNab
musician: trumpet
Peter Mercurio
musician: bass
Cynthia Millar
musician: Ondes Martinot solo
Richard Nash
musician: trombone
John Neufeld
musician: clarinet
Brian O'Connor
musician: French horn
Richard Perissi
musician: French horn
Bill Perkins
musician: saxophone
Tom Raney
musician: percussion
Dorothy Remsen
musician: harp
Emil Richards
musician: drums, percussion
George Roberts
musician: trombone
Sylvia Ruderman
musician: flute
Sheldon Sanov
musician: violin
David Schwartz
musician: viola
Jim Self
musician: tuba
Harry Shlutz
musician: cello
David Shostac
musician: flute
Paul Shure
musician: violin
Curt Sobel
preview music editor
Sally Stevens
singer
Linn Subotnick
musician: viola
Robert Sushel
musician: violin
Louise Di Tullio
musician: flute
Dan Wallin
score mixer
Ken Watson
musician: percussion
Graham Young
musician: trumpet
Bob Zimmitti
musician: percussion
Casting Department
Susan Arnold
additional casting
Wallis Nicita
additional casting
Gretchen Rennell
additional casting
Costume Department
Aggie Lyon
costume supervisor
Victoria Snow
costumer
Camera Department
Jamie Anderson
assistant camera
Brink Brydon
gaffer: effects unit
Jerry Deats
grip: effects unit
Bill Decker
grip
William E. Fitch
grip
Larry Gilhooly
gaffer
M. Todd Henry
assistant camera
Norman Lang
electrician
Danny Marzolo
electrical department
John Monte
still photographer
Nick Papanickolas
grip
Pete G. Papanickolas
griplogy
Frederic J. Smith
camera operator
Gary R. Wostak
electrical department
Edmond Wright
grip
Greg Langham
lamp operator
Script Department
Nancy Hansen
script supervisor
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