The Last Starfighter (1984)

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Directed by

Nick Castle

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(directed by)

Writing Credits

Jonathan R. Betuel

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(written by) (as Jonathan Betuel)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete


	Kay E. Kuter	...	Enduran
	Dan Mason	...	Lord Kril
	Lance Guest	...	Alex Rogan / Beta Alex
	Dan O'Herlihy	...	Grig
	Catherine Mary Stewart	...	Maggie Gordon
	Barbara Bosson	...	Jane Rogan
	Norman Snow	...	Xur
	Robert Preston	...	Centauri
	Chris Hebert	...	Louis Rogan
	John O'Leary	...	Rylan Bursar
	George McDaniel	...	Kodan Officer
	Charlene Nelson	...	Rylan Technician
	John Maio	...	Friendly Alien
	Robert Starr	...	Underling
	Al Berry	...	Rylan Spy
	Scott Dunlop	...	Tentacle Alien
	Vernon Washington	...	Otis
	Peter Nelson	...	Jack Blake
	Peggy Pope	...	Elvira
	Meg Wyllie	...	Granny Gordon
	Ellen Blake	...	Clara Potter
	Britt Leach	...	Mr. Potter
	Bunny Summers	...	Mrs. Boone
	Owen Bush	...	Mr. Boone
	Marc Alaimo	...	Hitchhiker
	Cameron Dye	...	Andy
	Geoffrey Blake	...	Gary
	Kimberly Ross	...	Cheerleader II
	Wil Wheaton	...	Louis' Friend
	Bob Kenaston	...	Uncle Bob
	Ed Berke	...	Cop #1
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Bruce Abbott	...	Rylan Sargent (uncredited)
	Stephen Douglas Butler	...	Military Aid to Xur (uncredited)
	Maggie Cooper	...	Rylon greeter (uncredited)
	Alexander Folk	...	Trailer Park Resident (uncredited)
	David LeBell	...	Rylan Senator (uncredited)
	Mary Charlene Napp	...	Rylan Technician (uncredited)
	Marti Reese	...	Trailer Park Resident (uncredited)
	Suzanne Snyder	...	Cheerleader (uncredited)
	Lee E. Stevens	...	Bogati (uncredited)

Produced by

Gary Adelson	...	producer (produced by)
Edward O. Denault	...	producer (produced by)
Robert E. Swanson	...	consulting producer (uncredited)
John Whitney Jr.	...	associate producer (as John H. Whitney Jr.)

Music by

Craig Safan

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(music by)

Cinematography by

King Baggot

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director of photography

Editing by

Carroll Timothy O'Meara

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film editor (as C. Timothy O'Meara)

Casting By

Irene Mariano	...	(casting by)
Barbara Miller	...	(casting by)

Production Design by

Ron Cobb

Art Direction by

Jim Bissell

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(as James D. Bissell)

Set Decoration by

Linda Spheeris

Costume Design by

Robert Fletcher

Makeup Department

Lance Anderson	...	mechanical effects makeup
Werner Keppler	...	technical makeup
Audrey Levy	...	key hair stylist
Terry Smith	...	design makeup
Gerald Solomon	...	assistant hair stylist (as Gerald Salomon)
Rick Stratton	...	makeup lab sculptor (uncredited)
Brian Wade	...	makeup effects technician: Greg Cannom (uncredited)

Production Management

Kim C. Friese

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production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Richard Denault	...	second assistant director
Brian E. Frankish	...	first assistant director
Sharon Gerhard	...	dga trainee

Art Department

Carl Aldana	...	illustrator
Richard J. Bayard	...	construction coordinator
Beverli Eagan	...	set designer (as Beverli Egan)
Tracy Farrington	...	property master
Don High	...	set designer
Robert Inklekofeer	...	leadman
John L. Jensen	...	production illustrator (as John L. Jenson)
William James Teegarden	...	set designer (as Jim Teegarden)
Michael Wiegand	...	assistant props
Chris Courtois	...	model maker (uncredited)
Peg McClellan	...	illustrations (uncredited)
Lee N. Sforza	...	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Michael Walsh	...	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department

Bub Asman	...	sound editor
Fred J. Brown	...	supervising sound editor
Juno J. Ellis	...	assistant sound editor
David W. Gray	...	stereo sound consultant: Dolby (as David Gray)
Robert L. Hoyt	...	re-recording mixer
Margie O'Malley	...	foley artist (as Margie Denecke)
Lauren Palmer	...	adr editor
B. Tennyson Sebastian II	...	re-recording mixer
Michele Sharp	...	sound editor
Jack Solomon	...	production sound mixer
John J. Stephens	...	re-recording mixer
James Thompson	...	cable person (as James E. Thompson)
Larry Tozzi	...	post-sound coordinator
Al Yaylian	...	boom operator

Special Effects by

James Camomile	...	special effects (as James Dale Camomile)
Michael Lantieri	...	special effects
Kevin Pike	...	special effects supervisor
Darrell Pritchett	...	special effects (as Darrell D. Pritchett)
Joseph C. Sasgen	...	special effects

Visual Effects by

Stunts

Glenn R. Wilder

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stunt coordinator (as Glen Wilder)

Camera and Electrical Department

Richard J. Beban	...	second assistant camera (as Richard Beban)
Stephen E. Bridge	...	camera operator (as Stephen Bridge)
Roger Gebhard	...	first assistant camera
Marlin Hall	...	key grip
Charles Hatcher	...	dolly grip (as Chuck Hatcher)
George Holmes	...	gaffer
Larry Keys	...	best boy electric
Rodney Veto	...	best boy grip
John Earl Burnett	...	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Richard Clark	...	video playback supervisor (uncredited)
Wynn Hammer	...	still photographer (uncredited)
Joe Kelly	...	grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Dan Bronson	...	wardrobe: men
Maritza Garcia-Roddy	...	wardrobe: women (as Maritza Garcia)
James Linn	...	costumer

Editorial Department

Conrad M. Gonzalez	...	assistant film editor
Frank E. Jimenez	...	apprentice film editor

Location Management

Geoffrey Ryan

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location manager

Music Department

David Franco	...	music supervisor
Daniel J. Johnson	...	music editor (as Dan Johnson)
Ken Johnson	...	music editor
Robert Adcock	...	musician: cello (uncredited)
Philip Ayling	...	musician: oboe (uncredited)
Phil Azelton	...	music copyist (uncredited)
Israel Baker	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Arnold Belnick	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Harry Bluestone	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Bob Bornstein	...	supervising music copyist (uncredited)
Jacqueline Brand	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Denyse Buffum	...	musician: viola (uncredited)
Larry Bunker	...	musician: percussion (uncredited)
Lyle J. Burbridge	...	music recording mixer (uncredited)
Alf Clausen	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Ronald Cooper	...	musician: cello (uncredited)
Wayne Coster	...	copyist (uncredited)
Drew Dembowski	...	musician: bass (uncredited)
Bob DiVall	...	musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Bonnie Jean Douglas	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
David Duke	...	musician: french horn (uncredited)
Earl Dumler	...	musician: oboe (uncredited)
Arni Egilsson	...	musician: bass (uncredited)
Ernest Ehrhardt	...	musician: cello (uncredited)
Julie Eidsvoog	...	music copyist (uncredited)
Christine Ermacoff	...	musician: cello (uncredited)
Alan Estes	...	musician: percussion (uncredited)
Emmett Estren	...	music librarian (uncredited)
Dominick Fera	...	musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Carl Fortina	...	orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Richard Gibbs	...	synthesizer performer (uncredited)
Harris Goldman	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Pamela Goldsmith	...	musician: viola (uncredited)
Endre Granat	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Susan Greenberg	...	musician: flute (uncredited)
Mario Guarneri	...	musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Michael Harriton	...	music copyist (uncredited)
Alan Harshman	...	musician: viola (uncredited)
Gwenn Heller	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Norman Herzburg	...	musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Arthur Hoberman	...	musician: flute (uncredited)
Paula Hochhalter	...	musician: cello (uncredited)
Ron Jannelli	...	musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Marilyn Johnson	...	musician: french horn (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson	...	musician: tuba (uncredited)
Jim Kanter	...	musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Armand Kaproff	...	musician: cello (uncredited)
Nathan Kaproff	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Milton Kestenbaum	...	musician: bass (uncredited)
Raphael Kramer	...	musician: cello (uncredited)
William Lane	...	musician: french horn (uncredited)
Charlie Loper	...	musician: trombone (uncredited)
Warren Luening	...	musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab	...	musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Peter Mercurio	...	musician: bass (uncredited)
John Mitchell	...	musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Richard Nash	...	musician: trombone (uncredited)
Buell Neidlinger	...	musician: bass (uncredited)
Don Nemitz	...	music copyist (uncredited)
Erno Neufeld	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Barbara Northcutt	...	musician: oboe (uncredited)
Mike Nowak	...	musician: viola (uncredited)
Brian O'Connor	...	musician: french horn (uncredited)
Michael O'Donovan	...	musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Sid Page	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Joel C. Peskin	...	musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen	...	musician: harp (uncredited)
Rick Riccio	...	music scoring mixer (uncredited)
Emil Richards	...	musician: percussion (uncredited)
Peter Manning Robinson	...	musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Joel Rosenbaum	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Craig Safan	...	conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Vic Sagerquist	...	music copyist (uncredited)
Sheldon Sanov	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Sid Sharp	...	concertmaster (uncredited)
Harry Shlutz	...	musician: cello (uncredited)
David Shostac	...	musician: flute (uncredited)
Haim Shtrum	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Paul Shure	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
John Steinmetz	...	musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Sheridon Stokes	...	musician: flute (uncredited)
Linn Subotnick	...	musician: viola (uncredited)
Robert Sushel	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Vicki Sylvester	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Tony Terran	...	musician: trumpet (uncredited)
James Thatcher	...	musician: French horn (uncredited)
Richard Todd	...	musician: french horn (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio	...	musician: flute (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate	...	musician: trombone (uncredited)
Don Waldrop	...	musician: trombone (uncredited)
Brad Warnaar	...	musician: french horn (uncredited)
Ken Watson	...	musician: percussion (uncredited)
Jerry Williams	...	musician: percussion (uncredited)
John Winter	...	musician: oboe (uncredited)
John Wittenberg	...	musician: violin (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Faye Brenner

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script supervisor

Transportation Department

Wayne R. Campbell	...	transportation captain (as Wayne Campbell)
Bill Cresant	...	transportation coordinator
Chris Arnold	...	automobile maintenance (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Bea Blondell	...	production auditor
Linda Foster	...	assistant: Nick Castle
Gary Gero	...	animal handler
Don Hamblen	...	craft service
Gwen Johnson	...	animal handler
Susan Kobata	...	secretary: E. O. Denault
Jack Lyons	...	unit publicist
Linda Poster	...	assistant: Nick Castle
Carole Sherman	...	secretary: Gary Adelson
Debbie Smith	...	production coordinator
Maureen White	...	production liaison
Gene Winfield	...	star car built by: Winfield Special Projects
Craig Miller	...	marketing consultant (uncredited)

Crew verified as complete