On screen
Cast
315 credited performers
Ed Asner
Lou Grant
Robert Walden
Joe Rossi
Linda Kelsey
Billie Newman
Mason Adams
Charlie Hume
Jack Bannon
Art Donovan
Daryl Anderson
Dennis Price
Nancy Marchand
Margaret Pynchon
Allen Williams
Adam Wilson
Laurence Haddon
Foreign Editor
Paul Stolarsky
Hammer
Ivan Bonar
Foreign Editor
Charles Bracy
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Bob Harks
Lecture Guest (uncredited)
Peggy McCay
Marian Hume
Michael Alldredge
Sgt. Roche
Lance Guest
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Robert Rothwell
Sid Arby
Paul Kent
Glen Maris
Read Morgan
Deputy Rutledge
James T. Callahan
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Parley Baer
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Emilio Delgado
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Eric Server
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Richard Erdman
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Ed Harris
Warren
Cliff Potts
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Tom Atkins
Frank Dunning
Edward Winter
Robert Dennehy
Rebecca Balding
Carla Mardigian
Carmen Argenziano
Morton Tracy
Keene Curtis
Doctor at hospital
Gary Pagett
Trib Lawyer
Bartlett Robinson
Dutch Van Deusen
Stanley Grover
DTW Official
Kenneth Tigar
Eugene Smithfield
John Considine
Congressman Cary Doherty
James Gallery
Dave Rabowsky
Lynne Moody
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Clyde Kusatsu
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Paul Sparer
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Peter Hobbs
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Jeff Corey
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Barbara Barrie
Edna Raines
Med Flory
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Barney Phillips
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Jonathan Banks
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Stanley Kamel
Marty Niles
Macon McCalman
Dolph Masterson
Gordon Jump
National Editor
Arthur Rosenberg
Howard Randall
Charles Hallahan
Chuck
Charles Lane
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Meshach Taylor
Kinsasha
William Schallert
Mark Worth
Fran Bennett
Sarah
Phillip Pine
George MacManus
Alan Haufrect
National Editor
Allyn Ann McLerie
Martha Emmett
Kurtwood Smith
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John Blyth Barrymore
Marc Pauley
Al Fann
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Michael Fairman
Senator
Jean Howell
Claire Skabo
J. Jay Saunders
Frederick Gibbs
Pat Corley
Judge
G.W. Bailey
Arlo Karp
Michael Constantine
Sidney Kovac
Bruce Kirby
Gus Murray
Matthew Faison
Moffatt
Billy Beck
Photo Editor
Shirley Jo Finney
Pat
Sidney Clute
National Editor
Belita Moreno
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Uta Hagen
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Marcia Rodd
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Mary Louise Wilson
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Carl Franklin
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Terri Nunn
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Cliff Norton
Herb Bronner
Paula Shaw
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Roger Kern
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Lionel Mark Smith
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Barry Primus
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Delta Burke
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Dick Anthony Williams
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Joanna Cassidy
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Michael Tucci
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Margaret Hamilton
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Robin Gammell
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Rick Lenz
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Ward Costello
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Thom Bray
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Ren Woods
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John Carter
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Brad Savage
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Fred Dryer
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Lynn Carlin
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Dominique Dunne
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Meeno Peluce
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Joe Penny
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Russell Johnson
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Philip Charles MacKenzie
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Nicholas Pryor
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Nina Foch
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Joyce Jillson
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Gertrude Flynn
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Pepe Serna
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Karen Ingenthron
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Joey Aresco
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Eugene Roche
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Robert Earl Jones
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John Randolph
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Alan Fudge
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Lee Wallace
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Kerry Sherman
Barbara
Julianna McCarthy
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Robert Costanzo
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Margarita Cordova
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Allan Miller
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James Whitmore Jr.
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Michael Zaslow
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Rue McClanahan
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Joyce Van Patten
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Barnard Hughes
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Patricia Smith
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Tom Rosqui
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Reni Santoni
Jim Keenan
Verna Bloom
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Clint Howard
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Sally Kirkland
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Joe Williams
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Penelope Windust
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Larry B. Scott
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David Paymer
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Jeff Lester
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Jordan Charney
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Richard Lineback
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Rae Allen
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Robert Prosky
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Logan Ramsey
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Karen Carlson
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Ivor Francis
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Alley Mills
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Harry Townes
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Noble Willingham
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Joe Santos
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Marie Windsor
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James Karen
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Mike Henry
Frank
Matthew Broderick
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Robert Phalen
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Marlene Warfield
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Chick Hearn
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Tim O'Connor
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Booth Colman
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Frank Aletter
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Alex Henteloff
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Nancy Parsons
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Kenneth Kimmins
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Barbara Tarbuck
Mother
Linda Carlson
Carol
Christopher Cazenove
Peter Witter
Pat Morita
Ike Tatsumi
Beverly Todd
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Jon Lormer
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Jacqueline Brookes
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Robert Pierce
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Peter Michael Goetz
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Eileen Heckart
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Christina Pickles
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Deirdre Lenihan
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Brian Dennehy
Wilson
Joe Mantell
Simmons
Scott McGinnis
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Al Ruscio
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William Lucking
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Bernard Fox
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John Rubinstein
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Ed Nelson
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Paul Comi
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Todd Susman
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Conchata Ferrell
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Lin McCarthy
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Veronica Redd
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Charles Cioffi
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Dixie Carter
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Kale Browne
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William Traylor
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Tyne Daly
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Peter Weller
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Timothy Jerome
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Jack Dodson
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Patricia Donahue
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Alan Oppenheimer
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Patrick Tovatt
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Jonathan Estrin
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Toni Sawyer
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John Hillerman
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Milton Selzer
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Arthur Space
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Vaughn Armstrong
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Arthur Batanides
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Elizabeth Keifer
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Buck Young
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David C. Garrett, Jr.
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Louie Bellson
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Peter Maloney
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Simon Oakland
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Ray Wise
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Doreen Lang
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Fred Williamson
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Sandy Kenyon
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Whitman Mayo
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Shelby Leverington
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Fay Hauser
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Gregg Berger
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Sheila Larken
Rosalie Wilson
Jonathan B. Woodward
Eric Kuzik (as Jonathan Woodward)
Michael Morgan
Tom
Bobby Rolofson
5th Grader (as Robert Rolofson)
David Armstrong
Protestor (uncredited)
Nicholas Colasanto
Patsy Reese
Shannon Eubanks
Secretary
Kene Holliday
J.D.
Robert Davi
Hector
Art LaFleur
Ben
George Wyner
Jeff Benedict
Mariclare Costello
Louise Larsen
Sharon Spelman
Jeanette Pepper
Michael Leon
Jimmy Lee Grey
Harold Gould
Dr. George Duncan
Arthur Tovey
Dr. Van Dragen (uncredited)
Julia Duffy
Charlene
Harold J. Stone
Fred Gruber
Robert Casper
Gary Kellum
Jean Allison
Mrs. Morrison (uncredited)
J. Pat O'Malley
Patrick Terhune
Mark James
Eddie
Earl Boen
Vice-Cop
George Murdock
Sgt. Irwin Winowsky
Ted Gehring
Chief Rankin
Bill Erwin
Old Man
Peter Brocco
Mr. Sturner
Joseph Mascolo
McIntyre
Dorothy Dells
Nurse #2
Marshall Thompson
Paul Newman
Buck Kartalian
Leon Hartounian
Magda Harout
Lavenia Hartounian
Charles Cyphers
Jerry Baldwin
David Ackroyd
Mike Kessler
Arthur Taxier
Dale Tollifer
Norman Burton
Franklin Nash
Michael Jeter
Max Galt
Ned Romero
Howard Sweetwater
Paul Bryar
Parkins
Richard Jaeckel
Dan Staley
Peter Marshall
Art McQueen
Geoffrey Lewis
Sheriff
Jordan Rhodes
Schultz
Richard Evans
Walker
Walter Brooke
Reggie Washburn
Andrew Duggan
Doc Arthur Woolridge
Virginia Gregg
Dirty Donna
Scoey Mitchell
Minister
Diana Douglas
Norma Cardell
John Stephenson
Norm Crowder
Michael Champion
Red Keough
Paul Sorensen
McPhee
Richard Brestoff
Mike Norvette
Don Diamond
Harry
Nancy Malone
Ivy Norris
John Petlock
Ned Rice
James Sloyan
Hank Dougherty
Priscilla Pointer
Elizabeth Driscoll
Lane Smith
Dr. Lawrence
Warren J. Kemmerling
General Sutherland
Bonnie Bartlett
Claire
Gregory Itzin
Young Reporter
William Bogert
Colin
Jerry Fogel
Freddie
John Anderson
Russell Grainger
Joe Spano
Jack Ridgeway
Philip Abbott
Lester Sorenson
Jennifer Holmes
Noelle Kilmer
Tom Bower
Lind
Julie Kavner
Alice Merrin
Connie Sawyer
Woman
Bruce Davison
Andrew Raines
Charles Aidman
Davis Mendelsohn
Joan Hotchkis
Dr. Teresa Myrdal
Michael McGuire
Bradley Gordon
Ken Sansom
William Mills
Gregory Sierra
Hector
Alan Manson
Kingsley
John Karlen
Ken Navaretti
William Phipps
Spence
Vernon Weddle
Bob Rosko
C. Lindsay Workman
Mr. Arnette
Larry Linville
Thatcher
René Enríquez
Owner
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Dr. Turner
Helen Siff
Waitress
Belinda Montgomery
Carol
Guy Boyd
Sam Beecher
Jennifer Rhodes
Dr. Roberta Giani
Wayne Heffley
Sheriff Turner
Dee Wallace
Patti Oxley
Hugh Gillin
Man
Sandy Martin
Gloria Lawder
Bob Hastings
Theo Monaghan
Benjie Bancroft
Bartender (uncredited)
Jimmy Lydon
Doctor
Fred Sadoff
Dr. Karp
K Callan
Louise Florence
David Graf
Russ