Cast & crew
September 30, 1955 (1977)
Directed by James Bridges Written by James Bridges
Cast
| Richard Thomas | Jimmy |
| Susan Tyrrell | Melba Nile |
| Deborah Benson | Charlotte |
| Lisa Blount | Billie |
| Tom Hulce | Hanley |
| Dennis Quaid | Frank |
| Mary Kai Clark | Pat Sullivan |
| Dennis Christopher | Eugene |
| Collin Wilcox Paxton | Jimmy |
| Ben Fuhrman | Haynes |
| Michael Lovell Farris | Edgar McGraw |
| Tom Bonner | Announcer |
| James Dombek | Mr. Vornick |
| Bryan Scott | Dickie Greenleaf |
| Glen Irby | Tito's Band |
| Bush Satterfield | Charlotte's Anxiety |
| Katherine Satterfield | Charlotte's Anxiety |
| Betty Harford | Nurse |
| Ouida White | Ethel Gordon |
| Belynda Dix | Topless Girl |
| Melody Hamilton | Topless Girl |
| Ray Hemphill | Pickup Truck |
| Morris 'Tex' Biggs | Pickup Truck |
| John Pearce | He-Man |
| Pete Boggs | Jay Phillips |
| Mark C Thomas | Radio Commentator |
| Paula Sanford | Radio Commentator |
| Freeman Mobley | Liquor / Buttermilk |
| Charles McCrary | Midnight |
| George Johnson | Ilona's Friend |
| Neal Moore | Drunk |
| Mark D. Andrews | School Bus Boy |
| Ron Campbell | Liquor / Buttermilk |
| Brian Brandt | B.O. |
Crew
| Leonard Rosenman | Original Music Composer |
| Jack Freeman | Makeup Artist |
| James Bridges | Director |
| Kim Kurumada | Second Assistant Director |
| Don Zepfel | Second Assistant Director |
| Cliff Bole | First Assistant Director |
| Fred T. Gallo | First Assistant Director |
| Gordon Ecker | Sound Effects Editor |
| R.A. Rondell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Dorothea Long | Hairstylist |
| Kevin F. Cleary | Sound |
| Louis Niemeyer | Second Assistant Camera |
| Robert D. McBride | Assistant Camera |
| Bettie Biery | Music Editor |
| Patricia Zinn Etheridge | Costumer |
| Mina Mittelman | Costumer |
| Kent Warner | Costumer |
| Larry Jost | Sound |
| Chris Newman | Sound |
| Ralph Ferraro | Orchestrator |
| Bob Larson | Production Executive |
| Jane Lockwood | Production Assistant |
| Keith Rateliff | Production Assistant |
| Leonard Rosenman | Orchestrator |
| Leonard Rosenman | Conductor |
| James Bridges | Writer |
| Gordon Willis | Director of Photography |
| Bob Larson | Unit Production Manager |
| Karen Hale Wookey | Script Supervisor |
| Kitty O'Neil | Stunt Double |
| Robert Luthardt | Art Direction |
| Sharon Thomas | Set Decoration |
| Jerry Weintraub | Producer |
| Jeff Gourson | Editor |