Filmmakers
Above the lineSP
Director
Sidney Poitier
BF
Screenplay
Bruce Jay Friedman
Writer
FS
Cinematography
Fred Schuler
Director of Photography
HK
Editing
Harry Keller
Editor
TS
Music
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
AS
Production Design
Alfred Sweeney
PE
Costume Design
Patricia Edwards
Cast
63GW
Gene Wilder
Skip Donahue
RP
Richard Pryor
Harry Monroe
GB
Georg Stanford Brown
Rory Schultebrand
JW
JoBeth Williams
Meredith
MS
Miguel Ángel Suárez
Jesus Ramirez
CN
Craig T. Nelson
Deputy Ward Wilson
BC
Barry Corbin
Warden Walter Beatty
CW
Charles Weldon
Blade
NC
Nicolas Coster
Warden Henry Sampson
JB
Joel Brooks
Len Garber
JB
Jonathan Banks
Jack Graham
EL
Erland van Lidth
Grossberger
LB
Lewis van Bergen
Guard #1
KM
Karmin Murcelo
Teresa Ramirez
FA
Franklyn Ajaye
Young Man in Hospital
EO
Estelle Omens
Mrs. R.H. Broache
PL
Peter Looney
Kicker #1
CH
Cedrick Hardman
Big Mean
DJ
Doug Johnson
Guard #2
HK
Henry Kingi
Ramon
JM
Joe Massengale
Caesar Geronimo
HP
Herman Poppe
Alex
LÁ
Luis Ávalos
Chico
ES
Esther Sutherland
Sissie
PP
Pamela Poitier
Cook's Helper
JL
James Oscar Lee
Kicker #2
RM
Rod McCary
Minister
CC
Claudia Cron
Joy
BB
Bill Bailey
Announcer
DB
Donna Kei Benz
Nancy
GB
Grand L. Bush
Big Mean's Sidekick
AI
Alvin Ing
Korean Doctor
TM
Thomas Moore
Judge
DH
Danna Hansen
Mrs. Sampson
GD
Gwen Van Dam
Mrs. Beatty
HA
Herb Armstrong
County Jail Guard
HH
Herbert Hirschman
Man at Dinner Party
DC
Don Circle
Bank Teller
MA
Madison Arnold
Guard #3
GE
Gene Earl
Sheriff
MJ
Mickey Jones
Guard #8
TR
Tracy Lee Rowe
Little Girl
ES
Essex Smith
Blade's Friend
KM
Kenneth Menard
Repairman
BB
Billy Beck
Flycatching Prisoner
LP
Lee Purcell
Susan
RA
Rush Adams
Deputy (uncredited)
RB
Rocky Beach
Prisoner (uncredited)
TB
Tony Burton
Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)
RE
Raven Grey Eagle
Spectator (uncredited)
JH
Jim Henry
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
DM
Drasha Meyer
Lady in a Restaurant (uncredited)
CO
Cliff Owens
Son-Visiting Inmate (uncredited)
EO
Erik Owens
Inmate's Son (uncredited)
SP
Scott Perry
Prisoner (uncredited)
JP
John Richard Petersen
Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
SR
Stan Rodarte
Strip Bar Customer (uncredited)
AS
Al Silvani
Inmate (uncredited)
ES
Earl W. Smith
Jack Graham's Enforcer (uncredited)
BV
Brien Varady
Inmate (uncredited)
DL
David Lautrec
Inmate (uncredited)
DM
David Moskowitz
Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
BY
Bob Yanez
Prisoner (uncredited)
Departments
27Production
- François De MenilAssociate Producer
- Lynn StalmasterCasting
- Melville TuckerExecutive Producer
- Ronald L. CarrLocation Manager
- Hannah WeinsteinProducer
- Claire MacTagueProduction Coordinator
Camera
- Dennis SmithCamera Operator
- Joe R. Marquette Jr.Camera Operator
- Dustin BlauveltFirst Assistant Camera
- Robert MooreKey Grip
- Sidney Ray BaldwinStill Photographer
Sound
- Cliff KohlweckMusic Editor
- Glenn E. AndersonSound
- Wayne ArtmanSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Tom BeckertSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Michael JironSound Re-Recording Mixer
Art
- Harold BronerConstruction Coordinator
- Donald B. NunleyProperty Master
- Arthur Jeph ParkerSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Lola KempHairstylist
- Richard CobosMakeup Artist
Lighting
- Richard MartensGaffer
Crew
- Larry L. FuentesSpecial Effects
- Mickey GilbertStunt Coordinator
Directing
- Daniel McCauleyFirst Assistant Director
- Ray QuirozScript Supervisor
- Don WilkersonSecond Assistant Director