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The Paper Chase (TV Series)
An Act of Desperation (1978)
Full Cast & Crew
Directed by
Carl Kugel |
Writing Credits
John Jay Osborn Jr. | ... | (based on the novel by) |
James Bridges | ... | (developed for television by) |
James Menzies | ... | (written by) |
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
John Houseman | ... | Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. | |
James Stephens | ... | James T. Hart | |
Tom Fitzsimmons | ... | Franklin Ford III | |
Robert Ginty | ... | Thomas Craig Anderson | |
James Keane | ... | Willis Bell | |
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Jonathan Segal | ... | Jonathan Brooks |
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Francine Tacker | ... | Elizabeth Logan |
Deka Beaudine | ... | Asheley Brooks (credit only) | |
John Devlin | ... | Slaughter | |
Charles Hallahan | ... | Ernie | |
Betty Harford | ... | Mrs. Nottingham | |
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Priscilla Taylor | ... | Miss Hogden |
Stanley DeSantis | ... | Gagarian (as Stanley De Santis) | |
David Drucker | ... | Mann | |
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Albert Sanders | ... | Borish |
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Herb Davis | ... | Waiter |
Frank Corsentino | ... | Bellboy | |
Lionel Douglass | ... | Deliveryman (as Lionel R. Douglas) | |
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Brock Michaels | ... | Pruit |
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Ken Rector | ... | Boland |
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Karl Ellis | ... | Student |
David Ogden Stiers | ... | Woodrow Tullis |
Produced by
Richard Glassman | ... | associate producer |
Robert Lewin | ... | producer |
Robert C. Thompson | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Stephen Seretan |
Cinematography by
John Elsenbach | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Art Seid |
Casting By
Joe Scully |
Art Direction by
Serge Krizman |
Set Decoration by
Ethel Robins Richards | ... | (as Ethel Richards) |
Production Management
Mark Evans | ... | executive production manager |
Carl 'Major' Roup | ... | unit production manager (as Major Roup) |
Joseph Silver | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Cosentino | ... | second assistant director |
Donald White | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Al Smutko | ... | construction coordinator (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Kathleen Conner | ... | casting coordinator |
Music Department
Lionel Newman | ... | music supervisor |
Additional Crew
Ruth Crego Benson | ... | technical advisor |
Don Carlos Dunaway | ... | story editor |
Marvin Kupfer | ... | story editor |
John Jay Osborn Jr. | ... | program advisor |
Worley Thorne | ... | executive story consultant |