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Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Writing Credits

Ben Hecht
(play) and
Charles MacArthur
(play)
Billy Wilder
(screenplay) &
I.A.L. Diamond
(screenplay)

Cast

Jack Lemmon
Hildy Johnson
Walter Matthau
Walter Burns
Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff
David Wayne
Bensinger
Allen Garfield
Kruger
Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams
Charles Durning
Murphy
Herb Edelman
Schwartz
Martin Gabel
Dr. Eggelhofer
Harold Gould
The Mayor
Cliff Osmond
Jacobi
Dick O'Neill
McHugh
Jon Korkes
Rudy Keppler
Lou Frizzell
Endicott
Paul Benedict
Plunkett
Doro Merande
Jennie
Noam Pitlik
Wilson
Joshua Shelley
Cab Driver
Allen Jenkins
Telegrapher
John Furlong
Duffy
Biff Elliot
Police Dispatcher
Barbara Davis
Myrtle
Leonard Bremen
Butch
Carol Burnett
Mollie Malloy
Bob Harks
Policeman
Mark Sawtelle
Boy

Produced by

Jennings Lang
executive producer
Paul Monash
producer

Cinematography by

Jordan Cronenweth
director of photography (as Jordan S. Cronenweth)

Editing by

Ralph E. Winters

Art Direction by

Henry Bumstead

Set Decoration by

James W. Payne

Costume Design by

Burton Miller

Makeup Department

Connie Nichols
hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

Carter De Haven Jr.
unit production manager
Charles Clement
post production operations head (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Charles Dismukes
second assistant director (as Charles E. Dismukes)
Howard G. Kazanjian
first assistant director
Carey Loftin
second unit director
Craig Huston
additional second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Jack Hamilton
assistant property master
John R. Jensen
construction foreman
Birney Lettick
poster artist
Robert Murdock
property master
Bill Gold
poster designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

Jack Bolger
re-recording mixer
Robert L. Hoyt
sound (as Robert Hoyt)
Robert Martin
sound
Ronald Pierce
re-recording mixer
George Fredrick
sound editor (uncredited)
Colin C. Mouat
sound editor (uncredited)
Dennis C. Salcedo
optical sound recordist (uncredited)
Roger Sword
sound editor (uncredited)

Stunts

Max Balchowsky
stunts (uncredited)
Roger Creed
stunts (uncredited)
Howard Curtis
stunts (uncredited)
Fred Dale
stunts (uncredited)
Gary Davis
stunts (uncredited)
Bud Ekins
stunts (uncredited)
Louie Elias
stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth
stunts (uncredited)
Bobby Ferro
stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Hice
stunts (uncredited)
Tommy J. Huff
stunts (uncredited)
William T. Lane
stunts (uncredited)
Carey Loftin
stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Gary McLarty
stunts (uncredited)
Paul Nuckles
stunts (uncredited)
John Quijada
stunts (uncredited)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
stunts (uncredited)
Wally Rose
stunts (uncredited)
Tom Steele
stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Summers
stunts (uncredited)
Marvin Walters
stunts (uncredited)
Richard Washington
stunts (uncredited)
Fred Waugh
stunts (uncredited)
Jesse Wayne
stunt double: Austin Pendleton (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Jack Wilson
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Arthur W. Frantz
lighting tech: san francisco
Thomas Del Ruth
camera operator (uncredited)
Doug Mathias
lighting technician (uncredited)

Music Department

Billy May
music adaptor

Additional Crew

Wayne Fitzgerald
title designer
Tom Greene
production assistant (uncredited)
Rex McGee
assistant: Billy Wilder (uncredited)
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