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Directed By
Harold Becker
Written By
Joseph Wambaugh
screenplay by / from his book
Eric Roth
Writer
Cast
John Savage
Karl Hettinger
James Woods
Gregory Powell
Franklyn Seales
Jimmy Smith
Ted Danson
Ian Campbell
Ronny Cox
Pierce Brooks
David Huffman
District Attorney Phil Halpin
Christopher Lloyd
Jailhouse Lawyer
Dianne Hull
Helen Hettinger
Priscilla Pointer
Chrissie Campbell
Beege Barkette
Greg's Woman
Richard Herd
Beat Cop
Le Tari
Emmanuel McFadden
Richard Venture
Glenn Bates
Lee Weaver
Billy
Phillip R. Allen
District Attorney Marshall Shulman
Pat Corley
Jimmy's Lawyer #2
K Callan
Mrs. Powell
Sandy McPeak
Mr. Powell
Lillian Randolph
Nana
Ned Wilson
LAPD Captain
Jack Rader
IAD Captain
Bradford English
Red Haired Cop
Stanley Grover
Greg's Lawyer #2
Michael Pataki
District Attorney Dino Fulgoni
Steve Conte
Prison Guard #1
Burke Byrnes
CHP Officer Odom
Vincent Caristi
Young Man
Don Starr
Judge #1
William Dial
Liquor Store Owner
Raymond Guth
Prison Guard #2
Raleigh Bond
Judge #2
Sandy Ward
Pawnbroker
Kenneth Patterson
Judge #3
Peter Miller
Oscar
William Sanderson
Young Con
Richard Seff
Jimmy's Lawyer #3
Robert Lee Jarvis
Bakerfield Detective
Allen Williams
Poker Playing Cop
Jon K. Greene
CHP Officer Chris
Dolores Sandoz
Court Reporter
Bill Morey
Lawyer #1
John de Lancie
LAPD Lieutenant #2
Wendell Wright
LAPD Sergeant
Richard E. Kalk
Bailiff
Ray Camacho
Gunrail Guard
Maggie Sullivan
Adah Campbell
René Le Vant
Drag Queen
Charles Cyphers
Chaplain
Tony Becker
Boy Piper
Tony Di Milo
Clerk
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
Gamblin' Man
Nick Romero
Death Row Convict
Cindy Collins
Dawn Hettinger
Roger Carroll
Radio Voice
Dennis Falt
Policeman
Bruce T. Huntley
Bagpiper
Rusty Meyers
Police Officer
Charles Siebert
Roll Call Sergeant
Produced By
Walter Coblenz
producer
Music
Eumir Deodato
Cinematography
Charles Rosher Jr.
Sound
Jim Cook
re-recording mixer
Charles Grenzbach
re-recording mixer
Robert L. Harman
re-recording mixer
Clark Kink
boom operator
Keith Stafford
sound editor
James E. Webb
sound mixer
Tom Mar
cableman
Editing
John W. Wheeler
Thomas Stanford
Editor
Casting Director
Lynn Stalmaster
Production Design
Brian Eatwell
Set Design
Richard C. Goddard
Set Decorator
Costumes
Sharon Swenson
Costume Designer
Makeup
Bob Mills
makeup artist
Edie Panda
hair stylist
Special Effects
Phil Cory
special effects
Ray Svedin
assistant special effects
Assistant Director
D. Scott Easton
second assistant director
Thomas J. Mack
assistant director
Production Management
Herman David
production supervisor
Robert S. Mendelsohn
production manager
Art Department
Barry Bedig
property master
John Bonino
construction foreman
Gordon Gair
lead man
Joseph E. Hubbard
set designer
Robert Krume
construction coordinator
Editorial
Jack Garsha
color timer
Florence Williamson
assistant editor
Other
Phil Calhoun
sign man
Claudette Duffy
assistant to producer
Dino Fulgoni
courtroom technical advisor
Judy Godwin
production assistant
Phillip Halpin
courtroom technical advisor
Alex Hitz
production assistant
Richard E. Kalk
police technical advisor
Bob Morgan
publicist
Kelly Sullivan
assistant to director
Elizabeth Yanoska
auditor
Sherrie Bradshaw
assistant production accountant
Jan Tucker
craft service
Music Department
Nicholas C. Washington
music editor
Eumir Deodato
arranger / conductor / piano
Eric Rigler
musician: highland bagpipes
John Tropea
musician: guitar
Casting Department
Toni Howard
casting associate
Nancy Klopper
casting associate
Janice Spitzer
extras casting
Peter Spitzer
extras casting
Costume Department
Ed Fincher
costumer
Ken Harvey
costumer
Marion Kirk
costumer
Camera Department
Ron Batzdorff
still photographer
Robert Bennett
dolly grip
Elliot Davis
camera operator
Tim Evans
gaffer
Joe Garcia
best boy gaffer
Jay Kaplan
second assistant camera
Louis Niemeyer
first assistant camera
Harry Rez
key grip
Jacque E. Wallace
best boy grip
Carlos Garcia
electrician
Dave La Rocca
grip
Michael Overturf
electrician
Gary Stark
set lighting technician
Location Management
Dow Griffith
location manager
Script Department
Hannah Scheel
script supervisor
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