Filmmakers
Above the linePK
Director
Phil Karlson
MB
Screenplay
Mort Briskin
Writer
JM
Cinematography
Jack A. Marta
Director of Photography
HG
Editing
Harry Gerstad
Editor
WS
Music
Walter Scharf
Original Music Composer
SJ
Production Design
Stan Jolley
PG
Costume Design
Phyllis Garr
OR
Costume Design
Oscar Rodriguez
Cast
38JB
Joe Don Baker
Buford Pusser
EH
Elizabeth Hartman
Pauline
GE
Gene Evans
Sheriff Al Thurman
NJ
Noah Beery Jr.
Carl Pusser
BB
Brenda Benet
Luan Paxton
JB
John Brascia
Prentiss Parley
BG
Bruce Glover
Grady Coker
AJ
Arch Johnson
Buel Jaggers
FP
Felton Perry
Obra Eaker
RS
Richard X. Slattery
Arno Purdy
RM
Rosemary Murphy
Callie Hacker
LB
Lynn Borden
Margie Ann
EC
Ed Call
Lutie McVeigh
SC
Sidney Clute
Sheldon Levine
DF
Douglas Fowley
Judge Clarke
DK
Don Keefer
Dr. Lamar Stivers
SL
Sam Laws
Willie Rae Lockman
PM
Pepper Martin
Zolan Dicks
JM
John Myhers
Lester Dickens
LR
Logan Ramsey
John Witter
KT
Kenneth Tobey
Augie McCullah
LT
Lurene Tuttle
Grandma
WW
Wanea Wes
Singer
LG
Leif Garrett
Mike
DL
Dawn Lyn
Dwana
DM
Dominick Mazzie
Bozo
RT
Russell Thorson
Ferrin Meaks
GP
Gil Perkins
1st Bouncer
CL
Carey Loftin
Dice Player
WV
Warner Venetz
Stickman
GL
Gene LeBell
2nd Bouncer
DM
Del Monroe
Otie Doss
LT
Lloyd Tatum
Prosecutor
VP
Vaudie Plunk
Jury Foreman
PW
Pearline Wynn
Hassie Berlson
TJ
Ted Jordan
Virgil Button
RW
Red West
Sheriff Tanner
AP
Andrew J. Pirtle
Prisoner
Departments
25Production
- Joel BriskinAssociate Producer
- Irving LandeCasting
- Charles A. PrattExecutive Producer
- Mort BriskinProducer
- John PommerProduction Executive
- Floyd JoyerProduction Manager
Sound
- Else BlangstedMusic Editor
- Andrew GilmoreProduction Sound Mixer
- James J. KlingerSound Editor
- David DockendorfSound Re-Recording Mixer
Art
- Sam GordonProperty Master
Costume & Make-Up
- Virginia JonesHairstylist
- Jack H. YoungMakeup Artist
Lighting
- Earl KennedyElectrician
Crew
- Houseley Stevenson Jr.Post Production Supervisor
- Sass BedigSpecial Effects
- Carey LoftinStunt Coordinator
- Gil PerkinsStunt Coordinator
- Gene LeBellStunts
- Buford PusserTechnical Advisor
- James D. BrubakerTransportation Coordinator
Directing
- Ralph E. BlackAssistant Director
- David 'Buck' HallAssistant Director
- Hazel W. HallScript Supervisor
- Mark Sandrich Jr.Second Assistant Director