The Telephone

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Rip Torn

Writing Credits

Harry Nilsson
(screenplay) &
Terry Southern
(screenplay)

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg
Vashti Blue
Severn Darden
Max
Amy Wright
Honey Boxe & Irate Neighbor / Jennifer on the Answering Machine
Elliott Gould
Rodney
John Heard
Telephone Man
Ronald J. Stallings
Saxophone Player
John Hattan
Sidewalk Vendor
Lina Chu
Sidewalk Vendor
Don Blakely
Voice on the Freeway / Larry on the Answering Machine (voice)
James Victor
Voice on the Freeway / Big Ray on the Answering Machine (voice)
Robin Menken
Voice on the Freeway
Danae Torn
Crying Woman / Midge on the Answering Machine (voice)
Hervé Villechaize
Voice on the Freeway

Produced by

Steve Besser
co-executive producer
Moctesuma Esparza
producer
Joel Glickman
associate producer
Robert Katz
producer

Music by

Christopher Young

Cinematography by

David Claessen

Editing by

Sandra Adair

Production Design by

Jim Pohl

Art Direction by

Jim Pohl

Makeup Department

Catherine Childers
hair stylist
Elle Elliott
makeup/hairdresser
Michael Germain
makeup: Whoopi Goldberg
Julia L. Walker
hair stylist: Whoopi Goldberg (as Julia Walker)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Lope Yap Jr.
first assistant director

Art Department

Todd McCune Bray
painter
Richard W. Clot
construction coordinator
Paul Dal Porto
property master
Allen Gross
carpenter
Elizabeth Hamilton
lead set painter
Sandra Howell
painter
Elizabeth Jennings
painter
Jack Kostelnik
construction foreman
John LaNoue
carpenter
Ray Mondoux
senior layout artist
David Ochoa
set dresser
Chuck Ray
carpenter
J. Michael Speakman
carpenter
I.J. Van Perre
carpenter

Sound Department

Agamemnon Andrianos
sound mixer
Patrick Moriarty
boom operator

Stunts

Candace Crump
stand-in: Whoopi Goldberg

Camera and Electrical Department

Gary M. Brickley
key grip
Gregory M. Childers
best boy grip
Michael Chin
camera operator
Charles Eason
lamp operator
Rick Fichter
best boy electric
William Maley
gaffer
Dennis Pope
dolly grip
Bobby Powell
electrician (as Robert E. Powell)
Michael Santy
second assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Roz Baker
costumer
Susan Becker
costumes: Whoopi Goldberg

Editorial Department

Hope Moskowitz
first assistant editor
Lynn Stevenson
assistant editor

Music Department

Jeff Vaughn
score mixer

Script and Continuity Department

Peggy Biocini
script supervisor

Transportation Department

John Hattan
transportation captain
John Lelko
transportation

Additional Crew

Elizabeth Ann Bundschu
assistant production coordinator
Jim McCarthy
post-production accountant
Franke Piazza
assistant: Whoopi Goldberg
Joan Wellman
production coordinator
Shannon Wilson
production assistant

Thanks

John Alonzo
special thanks (as John Alonzo)
William House
special thanks
Geraldine Page
special thanks
Robert B. Radnitz
special thanks (as Robert Radnitz)
Leonard Rosenman
special thanks
Tony Torn
special thanks (as Anthony Torn)
Robert M. Young
special thanks
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