Cast (34)
Richard ThomasJimmy J.
Susan TyrrellMelba LouDeborah BensonCharlotte
Lisa BlountBillie Jean
Tom HulceHanley
Dennis QuaidFrank
Dennis ChristopherEugeneMary Kai ClarkPat
Collin Wilcox PaxtonJimmy J.'s MotherBen FuhrmanCoach HaynesMichael Lovell FarrisEdgarTom BonnerRadio Announcer (voice)Glen IrbyBand Director
Bryan ScottDickieBush SatterfieldCharlotte's FatherKatherine SatterfieldCharlotte's Mother
Betty HarfordNurseOuida WhiteAunt EthelJames DombekMr. BrownBelynda DixGirl in CarMelody HamiltonGirl with CorsageRay HemphillYoung Man in TruckMorris 'Tex' BiggsOld Man in Truck
John PearceTV ManPete BoggsMr. PhillipsGeorge JohnsonMidnight's FriendMark C ThomasBoy with RadioNeal MooreDrunk Boy in DormPaula SanfordGirl with RadioMark D. AndrewsBoy in DormFreeman MobleyLiquor Store OwnerRon CampbellBoy at Liquor StoreCharles McCraryMidnightBrian BrandtB.O.Art
Camera
- Gordon WillisDirector Of Photography
- Robert D. McBrideAssistant Camera
- Louis NiemeyerSecond Assistant Camera
- Louis NiemeyerSecond Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up
- Mina MittelmanCostumer
- Jack FreemanMakeup Artist
- Dorothea LongHairstylist
- Patricia Zinn EtheridgeCostumer
- Kent WarnerCostumer
Crew
Directing
- Karen Hale WookeyScript Supervisor
- Fred T. GalloFirst Assistant Director
- James BridgesDirector
- Cliff BoleFirst Assistant Director
- Don ZepfelSecond Assistant Director
- Kim KurumadaSecond Assistant Director
Editing
Production
- Jerry WeintraubProducer
- Bob LarsonUnit Production Manager
- Bob LarsonProduction Executive
- Jane LockwoodProduction Assistant
- Keith RateliffProduction Assistant
Sound
- Leonard RosenmanOriginal Music Composer
- Leonard RosenmanOrchestrator
- Leonard RosenmanConductor
- Chris NewmanSound
- Larry JostSound
- Ralph FerraroOrchestrator
- Kevin F. ClearySound
- Gordon EckerSound Effects Editor
- Bettie BieryMusic Editor