Filmmakers
Above the lineCE
Director
Clint Eastwood
JO
Screenplay
Joel Oliansky
Writer
JG
Cinematography
Jack N. Green
Director of Photography
JC
Editing
Joel Cox
Editor
LN
Music
Lennie Niehaus
Original Music Composer
EC
Production Design
Edward C. Carfagno
Cast
36FW
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
DV
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
MZ
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
SW
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
KD
Keith David
Buster Franklin
MM
Michael McGuire
Brewster
JH
James Handy
Esteves
DW
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
MN
Morgan Nagler
Kim
AS
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
SR
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
GW
Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient
GO
George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
BC
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
HC
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
CB
Chris Bosley
First Doorman
GB
George T. Bruce
Second Doorman
JG
Joey Green
Gene
JW
John Witherspoon
Sid
TT
Tony Todd
Frog
JW
Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
RZ
Richard Zavaglia
Ralph the Narc
AT
Anna Thomson
Audrey
AP
Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces
HK
Hubert Kelly
Wilson
BM
Billy J. Mitchell
Prince
KV
Karl Vincent
Stratton
LC
Lou Cutell
Bride's Father
RE
Roger Etienne
Parisian Emcee
JB
Jason Bernard
Benny Tate
GO
Gretchen Oehler
Southern Nurse
RM
Richard McKenzie
Southern Doctor
TC
Tony Cox
Pee Wee Marquette
DS
Diane Salinger
Baroness Nica
PW
Penelope Windust
Bellevue Nurse
AW
Ann Weldon
Violet Wells
Departments
29Production
- Phyllis HuffmanCasting
- David ValdesExecutive Producer
- Clint EastwoodProducer
- David ValdesUnit Production Manager
Camera
- Norman G. LangleyCamera Operator
- Tony Rivetti Sr.First Assistant Camera
- Karina SimmonsSecond Assistant Camera
- Marcia ReedStill Photographer
Sound
- Donald HarrisMusic Editor
- Lennie NiehausMusic Supervisor
- Virginia Cook-McGowanSound Editor
- Marshall WinnSound Editor
- Teri E. DormanSound Editor
- David Horton Sr.Sound Editor
- Joseph A. IppolitoSound Editor
- Walter NewmanSound Editor
- Willie D. BurtonSound Mixer
- Rick AlexanderSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Les FresholtzSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Vern PooreSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Robert G. HendersonSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Thomas L. RoysdenSet Decoration
Editing
- Jack GarshaColor Timer
Lighting
- Víctor PérezChief Lighting Technician
- Leroy HershkowitzChief Lighting Technician
Crew
- Joe DaySpecial Effects
Directing
- L. Dean Jones Jr.First Assistant Director
- Lloyd NelsonScript Supervisor
- Tena Psyche YatroussisSecond Assistant Director