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Directed By
Richard Donner
Director
Written By
Francis Veber
based on a film by
Carol Sobieski
screenplay by
Cast
Richard Pryor
Jack Brown
Jackie Gleason
U.S. Bates
Ned Beatty
Mr. Morehouse
Scott Schwartz
Eric Bates
Teresa Ganzel
Fancy Bates
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Barkley
Annazette Chase
Angela
Tony King
Clifford
Don Hood
O'Brien
Karen Leslie-Lyttle
Fraulein
Virginia Capers
Ruby Simpson
B.J. Hopper
Geffran
Linda McCann
Honey Russell
Ray Spruell
Senator Newcomb
Stocker Fontelieu
District Attorney Russell
Stuart Baker-Bergen
Aerobics Class Leader
Robert Adams
Store Executive
Mark Bennett
Store Executive
Jon Ralph Wilson
Store Executive
Robert Costley
Poker Player
Robert Earle
Poker Player
Pauline Barcelona
Poker Player
Juan Coleman
Poker Player
Valerian Smith
Poker Player
Elbert Andre Patrick
Jack's Neighbor
Orwin C. Harvey
Grand Wizard
Jim Clancy
Clancy
Davis Hotard
Eugene Russell
Debra Cole
Terry Gay
Marilyn Gleason
Mrs. Newcomb
Charles Detraz
Pilot
Steve Kahan
State Trooper
Paul Tuerpe
State Trooper
Jim Beyer
KlanWatch Demonstrator
Tot Beyer
KlanWatch Demonstrator
Robert M. Stevens
Drunk in Jail
Sally Birdsong
Morehouse's Secretary
Louis Weinberg
Chauffeur
Annie McGuire
Party Guest
Beverly Tagge
Party Guest
George Howard
Party Guest
Helen Howard
Party Guest
Alex Hyde-White
Photographer
Bill Holliday
Policeman
J.D. Martin
Policeman
James Roddy
Policeman
Lucy Campbell Rowland
Bates' Secretary
Bob Cherry
Man in Carwash
Delana Renay Cole
Ruby's Child
Lewis Baker
Ruby's Child
La Monica Matthews
Ruby's Child
Bruce Langley
Ruby's Child
Dawnis Kaye Smith
Ruby's Child
Santos Swing
Ruby's Child
Willie Swing
Ruby's Child
Tody Bernard
Party Guest
Jay Broyles
Detective Carl Oller
Tony Burton
Stanley
Harold G. Herthum
Extra
Louis Herthum
Man in Box
Robert Neilson
Chauffeur in Last Scene
Brandon Reeves
Child Partygoer - Charbonnet House Baton Rouge
Produced By
Margaret Booth
associate producer
Phil Feldman
producer
Ray Stark
producer
Music
Patrick Williams
Composer
Cinematography
László Kovács
director of photography
Sound
Rick Alexander
re-recording mixer
Wayne Artman
re-recording mixer
Tom Beckert
re-recording mixer
Raul A. Bruce
boom operator
Gene S. Cantamessa
production sound mixer
Pat Somerset
sound effects
Frank Spencer
sound effects
Jeffrey Riekenberg
sound recordist
Editing
Richard A. Harris
Editor
Michael A. Stevenson
Editor
Casting Director
Pennie DuPont
Casting Director
Production Design
Charles Rosen
Production Designer
Set Design
Marvin March
Costumes
Moss Mabry
Makeup
Ken Chase
makeup artist
Tony Lloyd
makeup artist: Mr. Pryor
Robert L. Stevenson
hair stylist
Yolanda Toussieng
hair stylist
Special Effects
Phil Cory
special effects supervisor
Hans Metz
special effects
Thomas R. Ward
special effects
Assistant Director
Frank Bueno
second assistant director
Paul Moen
second assistant director
Bill Scott
first assistant director
Production Management
Jerry A. Baerwitz
unit production manager
Art Department
Joe Acord
construction coordinator
Tom Bartholomew
stand-by painter
Sam Gordon
property master
David F. Klassen
set designer
Ted Mossman
assistant property master
Paul Myerberg
leadman
Gregory Pickrell
set designer
Stunts
Bobby Porter
stunt coordinator
Brad Baker
stunts
Bob Herron
stunt double: Jackie Gleason
Jesse Wayne
stunts
Editorial
Daniel Sackheim
assistant film editor
George C. Villaseñor
assistant film editor
Michael Thau
assistant editor
Other
A.C. Lewis
the producers wish to thank
Music Department
Michael Boddicker
musician: synthesizer
Jeff Carson
supervising music editor
Malcolm McNab
musician: trumpet
Casting Department
Dee Cothern
casting: Baton Rouge
Michael Pitalo
casting: Baton Rouge
Costume Department
Norman A. Burza
wardrobe supervisor: men
Alice Daniels
wardrobe: Mr. Pryor
Elizabeth Pine
wardrobe supervisor: women
Camera Department
Raymond Aguilar
gaffer
Richmond L. Aguilar
gaffer
William Birch
camera operator: Chicago
Paul Caven
set lighting best boy
James Devis
camera operator: second unit
John T. Dustin
camera operator: Chicago
Daniel C. Gold
second assistant camera
Bill Hardin
second assistant camera: Chicago
O.T. Henderson
dolly grip
George Kohut
camera operator: Chicago
Leonard Lookabaugh
key grip
Ann Lukacs
first assistant camera: Chicago
Jim Mazzula
first assistant camera: Chicago
John McGowan
first assistant camera: Chicago
Morgan Renard
still photographer
George Ressler
best boy grip
Robert M. Stevens
camera operator
Jim Taylor
still photographer: Chicago
Joseph E. Thibo
first assistant camera
Paul Vombrack
camera operator: Chicago
Michael Walker
second assistant camera: Chicago
Garrett Brown
steadicam operator
Script Department
Betsy Norton
script supervisor
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