Cast

Gene Wilder
Skip Donahue

Richard Pryor
Harry Monroe

Georg Stanford Brown
Rory Schultebrand

JoBeth Williams
Meredith

Miguel Ángel Suárez
Jesus Ramirez

Craig T. Nelson
Deputy Ward Wilson

Barry Corbin
Warden Walter Beatty

Charles Weldon
Blade

Nicolas Coster
Warden Henry Sampson

Joel Brooks
Len Garber

Jonathan Banks
Jack Graham

Erland van Lidth
Grossberger

Lewis van Bergen
Guard #1

Karmin Murcelo
Teresa Ramirez

Franklyn Ajaye
Young Man in Hospital
Estelle Omens
Mrs. R.H. Broache

Peter Looney
Kicker #1
Cedrick Hardman
Big Mean
Doug Johnson
Guard #2

Henry Kingi
Ramon
Joe Massengale
Caesar Geronimo
Herman Poppe
Alex

Luis Ávalos
Chico
Esther Sutherland
Sissie
Pamela Poitier
Cook's Helper
James Oscar Lee
Kicker #2

Rod McCary
Minister
Claudia Cron
Joy

Bill Bailey
Announcer

Donna Kei Benz
Nancy

Grand L. Bush
Big Mean's Sidekick

Alvin Ing
Korean Doctor
Thomas Moore
Judge
Danna Hansen
Mrs. Sampson

Gwen Van Dam
Mrs. Beatty

Herb Armstrong
County Jail Guard
Herbert Hirschman
Man at Dinner Party
Don Circle
Bank Teller

Madison Arnold
Guard #3
Gene Earl
Sheriff

Mickey Jones
Guard #8
Tracy Lee Rowe
Little Girl
Essex Smith
Blade's Friend
Kenneth Menard
Repairman

Billy Beck
Flycatching Prisoner

Lee Purcell
Susan
Rush Adams
Deputy (uncredited)
Rocky Beach
Prisoner (uncredited)

Tony Burton
Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle
Spectator (uncredited)

Jim Henry
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Drasha Meyer
Lady in a Restaurant (uncredited)
Cliff Owens
Son-Visiting Inmate (uncredited)
Erik Owens
Inmate's Son (uncredited)
Scott Perry
Prisoner (uncredited)

John Richard Petersen
Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Stan Rodarte
Strip Bar Customer (uncredited)

Al Silvani
Inmate (uncredited)
Earl W. Smith
Jack Graham's Enforcer (uncredited)

Brien Varady
Inmate (uncredited)
Crew

Sidney Poitier
Director
(Directing)

Dennis Smith
Camera Operator
(Camera)
Claire MacTague
Production Coordinator
(Production)
Don Wilkerson
Second Assistant Director
(Directing)
Tom Beckert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Glenn E. Anderson
Sound
(Sound)
Joe R. Marquette Jr.
Camera Operator
(Camera)
Mickey Gilbert
Stunt Coordinator
(Crew)
Wayne Artman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Michael Jiron
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Cliff Kohlweck
Music Editor
(Sound)
Daniel McCauley
First Assistant Director
(Directing)
Richard Cobos
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Donald B. Nunley
Property Master
(Art)
Larry L. Fuentes
Special Effects
(Crew)
Dustin Blauvelt
First Assistant Camera
(Camera)
Harold Broner
Construction Coordinator
(Art)
Richard Martens
Gaffer
(Lighting)
Robert Moore
Key Grip
(Camera)
Lola Kemp
Hairstylist
(Costume & Make-Up)

Bruce Jay Friedman
Writer
(Writing)
Fred Schuler
Director of Photography
(Camera)
Arthur Jeph Parker
Set Decoration
(Art)
Patricia Edwards
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
François De Menil
Associate Producer
(Production)
Harry Keller
Editor
(Editing)
Ray Quiroz
Script Supervisor
(Directing)

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
(Production)
Alfred Sweeney
Production Design
(Art)
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
Sidney Ray Baldwin
Still Photographer
(Camera)
Hannah Weinstein
Producer
(Production)
Melville Tucker
Executive Producer
(Production)
Ronald L. Carr
Location Manager
(Production)