Filmmakers
Above the lineRS
Director
Ron Shelton
RS
Screenplay
Ron Shelton
HW
Cinematography
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
RL
Editing
Robert Leighton
Editor
BW
Music
Bennie Wallace
Original Music Composer
AG
Production Design
Armin Ganz
RM
Costume Design
Ruth Myers
Cast
55PN
Paul Newman
Gov. Earl K. Long
LD
Lolita Davidovich
Blaze Starr
JH
Jerry Hardin
Thibodeaux
GS
Gailard Sartain
LaGrange
JD
Jeffrey DeMunn
Eldon Tuck
GB
Garland Bunting
Doc Ferriday
RJ
Richard Jenkins
Picayune
BS
Brandon Smith
Arvin Deeter
BS
Blaze Starr
Lily
GR
Glynn Rubin
Crony Wife #2
JC
Jay Chevalier
Wiley Braden
RW
Robert Wuhl
Red Snyder
MB
Michael Brockman
Bobby
EC
Eloy Casados
Antoine
JH
James Harper
Willie Rainach
TG
Teresa Gilmore
Tamara Knight
DB
Dianne Brill
Delilah Dough
GL
Gilbert Lewis
Reverend Marquez
GS
Gary Anthony Sturgis
Marquez's Son
LS
Louanne Stephens
Lora Fleming
EW
Emily Warfield
Debbie Fleming
BC
Ben Cook
Younger Brother
JF
John P. Fertitta
Hospital Director
HJ
Harlan Jordan
Dr. Cheeseborough
RM
Rod Masterson
Town Talk Reporter #1
BD
Bill Dunleavy
Town Talk Reporter #2
KC
King Cotton
Jimmie Davis
MB
Mike Baer
Secretary of Legislature
BC
Bob Cherry
Earls Crony
SL
Sid Lacey
Earls Crony
HH
Harold G. Herthum
Earls Crony
FL
Fred Lewis
Heckling Reporter
AR
Al Robinson
Magnolia Local
DP
Dick Person
General Store Owner
BR
Brooks Read
Reporter in Store
BM
Bill Mesman
Representative Davis
JB
John A. Barber
Representative Hebert
PB
Patrik Baldauff
Representative Kennon
CH
Carey Rauhman Holliday
Representative Alexander
RE
Robert Earle
Representative Elfin
TA
Thomas Radcliffe Atkins
Representative Johnson
TS
Thomas C. Smith-Alden
Asylum Spokesman
DJ
Donald J. Lee Jr.
Donut Shop Man
PS
Pat Snow
Johnnie Mae
GW
George Wyatt
Drunken Officer #1
DT
Deano Thornton
Drunken Officer #2
DC
David R. Conly
Drunken Sailor
JS
Janet Shea
Crony Wife #1
MO
Michael O'Neal
Motorcycle Trooper
MB
Michael Brooks
Motorcycle Trooper
SH
Stanley Hughes
Motorcycle Trooper
KG
Kevin Graham
Motorcycle Trooper
WR
Wendell Raybon
Motorcycle Trooper
BL
Brad Leland
Dufee
KB
Kevin Beard
Businessman in Show Bar (uncredited)
Departments
14Production
- Wendy DozoretzAssociate Producer
- Victoria ThomasCasting
- David V. LesterExecutive Producer
- Don MillerExecutive Producer
- Dale PollockProducer
- Gil FriesenProducer
Camera
- Stephen St. JohnCamera Operator
- John TollSecond Unit Director of Photography
Sound
- Scott StamblerMusic Editor
- David AnderleMusic Supervisor
Lighting
- Bob E. KrattigerBest Boy Electric
Writing
- Blaze StarrBook
- Huey PerryBook
Directing
- Karen GoldenScript Supervisor