Full Credits
37 members

Fred Astaire
Ricky Hawthorne

Melvyn Douglas
Dr. John Jaffrey

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Edward Charles Wanderley

John Houseman
Sears James

Craig Wasson
Don Wanderley / David Wanderley

Patricia Neal
Stella Hawthorne

Alice Krige
Eva Galli / Alma Mobley

Jacqueline Brookes
Milly

Miguel Fernandes
Gregory Bates
Lance Holcomb
Fenny Bates

Mark Chamberlin
Young John Jaffrey

Tim Choate
Young Ricky Hawthorne
Kurt Johnson
Young Edward Wanderley

Ken Olin
Young Sears James

Brad Sullivan
Sheriff Hardesty

Michael O'Neill
Churchill

Guy Boyd
Omar Norris
Robert Burr
Principal

Helena Carroll
Mrs. Meredith

Robin Curtis
Rea Dedham

Breon Gorman
Nettie Dedham

James Greene
Mailman
Ruth Hunt
Florence

Deborah Offner
Helen
Virginia Bingham
Sears' Mother
William F. Conway
Sears' Father
Russell R. Bletzer
Reverend Wilkinson
Terrance Mario Carnes
Waiter
Alfred Curven
Man in Coffin
Edward F. Dillon
Judge
Alvin W. Fretz
Coroner
Hugh Hires
Student Solt
Raymond J. Quinn
Ricky's Father
Barbara von Zastrow
Ricky's Mother
Betty Low
Irmengard
Mason Cardiff
Schoolboy
Gale Grindle
Student
67 members
John Irvin
Director
Dan Kolsrud
First Assistant Director
Dean Lyras
Second Assistant Director
Sonny P. Filippini
Script Supervisor
Lawrence D. Cohen
Screenplay
Peter Straub
Novel
Burt Weissbourd
Producer
Ronald G. Smith
Associate Producer
Mike Fenton
Casting
Douglas Green
Co-Producer
Robert Latham Brown
Production Manager
Ronald G. Smith
Production Manager
Suzanne E. Petersen
Production Assistant
Mike Henry
Production Assistant
Patrick A. DiCocco
Production Driver
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Bobby Brown
Assistant Camera
Dick Mingalone
Camera Operator
Reggie Newkirk
First Assistant Camera
Lou Barlia
Camera Operator
Allan Bromberg
Assistant Sound Editor
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
James R. Alexander
Sound
Larry Carow
Sound Effects Editor
Samuel C. Crutcher
Sound Effects Editor
Stanley H. Polinsky
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Effects Editor
John Roesch
Foley Artist
Mark Server
Boom Operator
David Pettijohn
Sound Effects Editor
Robert L. Hoyt
Sound Recordist
Harry Betts
Orchestrator
John Caper Jr.
Music Coordinator
Michel Mention
Orchestrator
Peter T. Myers
Orchestrator
John Caper Jr.
Conductor
Peter Knight
Orchestrator
Peter Knight
Conductor
John J. Stephens
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Norman Newberry
Production Design
Norman Newberry
Art Direction
Mary Ann Biddle
Set Decoration
William Apperson
Construction Foreman
James Allen
Assistant Decorator
John Zemansky
Property Master
Phill Norman
Title Designer
Rick Sharp
Makeup Artist
Rick Baker
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
May Routh
Costume Design
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Carl Fullerton
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Albert Jeyte
Makeup Artist
Philip Leto
Hairstylist
Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
Rick Baker
Makeup Artist
Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
Susan Turner
Visual Effects
Syd Dutton
Matte Painter
Tom Rolf
Editor
Michael Ripps
Assistant Editor
Henry Millar Jr.
Special Effects
Erik Cord
Stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.
Stunt Coordinator
Steve Johnson
Special Effects
Ted Varnadoe
Electrician