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Directed By
Mark Rydell
Written By
Robert Dillon
story / screenplay
Julian Barry
screenplay
Cast
Mel Gibson
Tom Garvey
Sissy Spacek
Mae Garvey
Shane Bailey
Lewis Garvey
Becky Jo Lynch
Beth Garvey
Scott Glenn
Joe Wade
Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder
Billy Green Bush
Harve Stanley
James Tolkan
Howard Simpson
Bob W. Douglas
Hal Richardson
Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin
Lisa Sloan
Judy Birkin
Larry D. Ferrell
Rod Tessley
Susie Toomey
Sally Tessley
Kelly Toomey
Lisa Tessley
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Zemke
Ivan Green
Smoot
Desmond Couch
Wilderfoot
Charles G. Riddle
Youngdall
Jim Antonio
Dan Gaumer
Samuel Scott Osborne
Billy Gaumer
Amy Rydell
Betty Gaumer
David Hart
Harley
Barry Primus
Roy
Mark Erickson
Baines
Jack Starrett
Swick
Charles Robinson
Truck
Dean Whitworth
Doctor
Chuck Hanson
Fat Man
Ira M. Quillen II
TV Weatherman
Matt Bearson
First Employee
Timothy Shadden
Second Employee
Elizabeth Lane
Secretary
Gary Gershaw
Drifter
Produced By
Robert Cortes
producer
Edward Lewis
producer
Music
John Williams
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond
director of photography
Sound
Lee Alexander
sound recordist: second unit
Nick Alphin
re-recording mixer
Ed Bannon
foley recordist
Duke Brown
sound apprentice
Neil Burrow
sound editor
Joseph Geisinger
cable person
Hector C. Gika
sound assistant
Stephen Katz
sound recordist: second unit
Greg Orloff
foley recordist
Richard Portman
supervising re-recording mixer
Rod Rogers
sound assistant
David M. Ronne
production sound mixer
Kay Rose
supervising sound editor
Jerry Rosenthal
sound editor
Joan Rowe
foley artist
T.E. Sadler
foley recordist
Victoria Rose Sampson
sound editor
Jack Schrader
sound editor
John B. Schuyler
boom operator
Larry Singer
adr editor
Stephanie D. Singer
sound apprentice
Chester Slomka
sound editor
Robert Thirlwell
re-recording mixer
John Roesch
foley artist
Editing
Sidney Levin
Casting Director
Lynn Stalmaster
Production Design
Charles Rosen
Art Direction
Norman Newberry
Set Design
Jane Bogart
Costumes
Joe I. Tompkins
Makeup
Pete Altobelli
assistant makeup artist
Lynn Del Kail
hair stylist
Brenda Todd
makeup artist
Special Effects
Guy Faria
special effects
Thomas Love
special effects
Stan Parks
special effects supervisor
Ken Pepiot
special effects supervisor
David Simmons
special effects
Paul Stewart
special effects
Visual Effects
Syd Dutton
matte artist
Bill Taylor
matte photographer
Assistant Director
Matt Bearson
dga trainee
Christopher Wilkinson
second unit director
Robert Yannetti
second assistant director
Tena Psyche Yatroussis
second assistant director
Jerry Ziesmer
first assistant director
Production Management
Terry Carr
unit production manager
Art Department
Jimmy Day
carpenter foreman
Tim Donelan
swing gang
David F. Klassen
set designer
Donald Krafft
lead man
Sherman Labby
production illustrator
William Maldonado
construction coordinator
Mitch Mitchell
greensman
Leonard Monfredo
painter foreman
Nick Navarro
set designer
Bob Nohles
carpenter foreman
William Ladd Skinner
set designer
John Slatsky
drapery
Sonny Van Hecke
assistant property master
Robert J. Visciglia Sr.
property master
John Alvin
poster artist
Bill Gold
poster designer
Peg McClellan
illustrator
James Passanante
stand-by painter
Stunts
Rick Avery
stunts
Clay Boss
stunts
Jophery C. Brown
stunts
Blair Burrows
stunts
Mike De Luna
stunts
Tom Elliott
stunts
Richard Epper
stunts
Harper Flaherty
stunts
Alan Gibbs
stunt coordinator / stunts
Will Harper
stunts
Johnny Hock
stunts
Paula Marie Moody
stunts
Bennie Moore
stunts
Mark Orrison
stunts
Branscombe Richmond
stunts
Mario Roberts
stunts
Spike Silver
stunts
Editorial
Beau Barthel
assistant film editor
Donah Bassett
negative cutter
Robert Frazen
assistant film editor
Aubrey Head
color timer
Karen Kory
apprentice film editor
Stephen R. Myers
apprentice film editor
Rick Sparr
associate film editor
Other
Julie Adams
dialect coach
Bruce Bahrenburg
unit publicist
Richard Dixon
production accountant
Gary Gershaw
production assistant
Susan Joy Harris
assistant: Mr. Cortes
Mable Lawson-McCrary
production assistant: second unit
Doralee Leon
assistant: Mr. Lewis
Larry Little
production assistant
Richard Meleckian
agricultural consultant
Patty Mitchell
production assistant
Zeljko Negovetic
animal trainer
Trish Niehaus
production secretary: Alabama
Barbara Pensiero
production secretary: Tennessee
Marty Pessin
assistant production accountant
Willie Radcliff
craft service
Stephanie Saunders
assistant: Mr. Rydell
Jeffrey White
production assistant
Joan Wolpert
production coordinator
Ron Bledsoe
assistant animal trainer
Music Department
Michael Boddicker
musician: synthesizer
Thomas A. Carlson
assistant music editor
Sandy DeCrescent
orchestra manager
Warren Luening
musician: trumpet solo
Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator
Tommy Tedesco
musician: guitar solo
James Walker
musician: flute solo
Dan Wallin
music recording mixer
Kenneth Wannberg
music editor
Israel Baker
musician: violin
Tom Boyd
musician: oboe soloist
Vince De Rosa
musician: french horn
The Hollywood Studio Symphony
music performed by
Tommy Johnson
musician: tuba
Richard Nash
musician: trombone
James Thatcher
musician: french horn
Casting Department
Barbara Harris
voice casting
Jody Hummer
extras casting
Barry Primus
casting consultant
Shirley Fulton Crumley
location casting
Costume Department
Darryl M. Athons
costumer
Greg Hall
costumer
Peni Mandel
costumer
Hugo Peña
costumer
Pamela Wise
costumer
Camera Department
Norman Ash
electrician
William D. Barber
assistant camera
Michael Barrett
electrician
John J. Connor
additional photographer: second unit / camera operator / director of photography: second unit
Dick Deats
key grip
Jessie Deats
grip
Michael Gershman
camera operator
Gregg Guellow
best boy grip
Robert Heine
assistant camera
Ray Kinzer
key grip: second unit
Jack Kirk
gaffer: second unit
Peter Kuttner
assistant camera: second unit
J. Michael McClary
assistant camera
Michael McGowan
camera operator
Fred L. McLane
assistant camera
Rexford L. Metz
additional photographer: second unit
Tony Moran
grip
Ken Nishino
assistant camera
Randy Nolen
steadicam operator
Brent Poe
electrician
Steven Poster
director of photography: second unit
Dutch Presley
best boy electric
Troy Rushing
electrician
Hank Sheppherd
grip
James M. Sheppherd
dolly grip
Philip Sloane
best boy electric
Stuart A. Spohn
gaffer
Pat Thompson
electrician
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
cinematography intern: AFI
Ted Varnadoe
best boy electric
D. Michael Wheeler
assistant camera
Harry Wittis
generator operator
Randy Woodside
best boy electric
James Zenk
still photographer
Allen Barnwell
electrician
Location Management
Earl McClintock
location projectionist
Joe O'Har
location manager
David C. Thomas
location manager
Script Department
Betsy Norton
script supervisor
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