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Directed By
Stanley Kramer
Written By
Nedrick Young
written by
Harold Jacob Smith
written by
Cast
Tony Curtis
John 'Joker' Jackson
Sidney Poitier
Noah Cullen
Cara Williams
Billy's Mother
Theodore Bikel
Sheriff Max Muller
Charles McGraw
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Lon Chaney Jr.
Big Sam
King Donovan
Solly
Claude Akins
Mack
Lawrence Dobkin
Editor
Whit Bissell
Lou Gans
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Angus
Kevin Coughlin
Billy
Joe Brooks
Townsman
Jack Clinton
Townsman
Jimmy Dime
Townsman
Clem Fuller
Search Party Member
Ned Glass
Doctor
Mickey Golden
Search Party Member
Herman Hack
Search Party Member
Signe Hack
Townswoman
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Townsman
Carroll O'Connor
Truck Driver
Harold Jacob Smith
Prison Truck Driver
Nedrick Young
Prison Guard in Truck
Produced By
Tony Curtis
executive producer
Stanley Kramer
producer
Janet Leigh
executive producer
Music
Ernest Gold
Cinematography
Sam Leavitt
director of photography
Sound
Walter Elliott
sound effects
Jean L. Speak
sound engineer
Wayne Fury
sound editor
John Mick
sound editor
Editing
Frederic Knudtson
film editor
Production Design
Rudolph Sternad
Art Direction
Fernando Carrere
Set Design
Joseph Kish
Set Decorator
Makeup
Don L. Cash
makeup
Special Effects
Alex Weldon
special effects
Assistant Director
Paul Helmick
assistant director
Production Management
Clem Beauchamp
production manager
Art Department
Art Cole
property master
Stunts
Ivan Dixon
stunt double: Sidney Poitier
Bob Hoy
stunt double: Tony Curtis
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
stunts
Other
Stanley Kramer
presenter
Cindy James
dog trainer
Music Department
Jack Marshall
orchestrator
Costume Department
Joe King
costume supervisor
Camera Department
James Almond
chief gaffer
Albert Myers
camera operator
Morris Rosen
company grip
Script Department
John Franco
script supervisor
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