Things Are Tough All Over

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Thomas K. Avildsen

Writing Credits

Cheech Marin
(written by) (as "Cheech" Marin) and
Tommy Chong
(written by) (as Thomas Chong)

Cast

Toni Attell
Cocktail Waitress
Mike Bacarella
Cop in Laundromat
Billy Beck
Pop, Manager Red Wagon Adult Motel
Don Bovingloh
Maitre D'
Richard 'Moon' Calhoun
Drummer
Tommy Chong
Chong / Prince Habib
Jennifer Condos
Bass Player
John Corrona
St. Louis Biker
Dave Coulier
Man with Tongue in Restaurant
Shelby Chong
French Girl #1
Aaron Freeman
Cop in Ghetto
Mike Friedman
Car Rental Agent
Evelyn Guerrero
Donna, Cheech's Friend smuggling illegals
Maya Harman
Belly Dancer
Vanaghan S. Housepian
Henchman
Lance Kinsey
Plastic Surgeon
Janice Ladik
Mom in Laundromat
Jay Lawson
Gas Station Attendant
Cheech Marin
Cheech / Mr. Slyman / Narrator (as Richard 'Cheech' Marin)
Rikki Marin
French Girl #2
Senta Moses
Kid in Laundromat
Dorothy Neumann
Mom
John Paragon
Red Carpet Man #1
Shabazz Perez
Man with Toupe
Gregory Polcyn
Busboy
Ben Powers
The Pimp
Ernest Rayford
Mekka Car Wash Attendant #1
John Steadman
Old Timer
Rip Taylor
Rip Taylor
John Tisdale
Mekka Car Wash Attendant #2
George Wallace
The Champ
Ruby Wax
Restaurant Patron
Sandy Weintraub
Red Carpet Man #2
Diana Wild
Cocktail Waitress
Farouk A. Zurond
Chauffeur
Jeff Coopwood
Club Patron
Garth Shaw
Tourist

Produced by

Howard Brown
producer
Shelby Chong
associate producer
Deborah Mannis
associate producer

Music by

Gaye Delorme

Cinematography by

Bobby Byrne

Editing by

Dennis Dolan

Casting By

Pamela Basker
Fern Champion

Production Design by

Richard Sawyer
(as Richard Tom Sawyer)

Set Decoration by

Gary Moreno

Makeup Department

Terri Cannon
key hair stylist (as Terry Cannon)
Marilyn Patricia Phillips
hair stylist (as Marilyn Phillips)
Rick Sharp
key makeup artist
Christina Smith
makeup artist

Production Management

Claude Binyon Jr.
unit production manager
Dean O'Brien
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Pat Kehoe
first assistant director
Bob Roe
second assistant director

Art Department

Steven Lee Baer
Drapery Foreman
Kevin Conlin
construction foreman
Kenneth E. Riley
assistant property master
Kenneth D. Westcott
property master
S. Bruce Wineinger
construction coordinator (as Bruce Wineinger)
Mike Monckton
signwriter (uncredited)

Sound Department

Rick Alexander
re-recording mixer
Wayne Artman
re-recording mixer
Tom Beckert
re-recording mixer
Donald F. Johnson
production sound mixer (as Don Johnson)
James J. Klinger
supervising sound editor
Jas. Klinger
assistant sound editor (as Jas Klinger)
Skip Macdonald
assistant sound editor (as Skip Mac Donald)
Jules Strasser
boom operator (as Jules Strasser III)
Frank White
sound editor (as Frank R. White)

Special Effects by

Phil Cory
special effects
Dick Cross
special effects (as Richard Cross)
Hans Metz
special effects
Thomas R. Ward
special effects

Stunts

Michael 'Mike' Aragon
stunt double: Cheech Marin
Irvin 'Zabo' Koszewski
stunt double: Tommy Chong

Camera and Electrical Department

Dale Alexander
grip
Sidney Ray Baldwin
still photographer (as Sidney Baldwin)
Kirk Bales
dolly grip (as Kirk E. Bales)
William Birch
director of photography: second unit, Chicago (as William H. Burch)
James F. Boyle
gaffer (as James Boyle)
Peter Davidian
best boy
Alan R. Disler
assistant camera
Eric Engler
assistant camera
John A. Hawn
rigging gaffer (as John Hawn)
Rick Kinett
best boy
Peter Kuttner
assistant camera: Chicago second unit
Charles Saldana
key grip
Mark Simon
assistant camera: Chicago second unit
Bruce D. Spellman
best boy grip (as Bruce Spellman)
Ted Sugiura
camera operator (as Ted T. Sugiura)
Timothy W. Tiedje
electrician: Chicago (uncredited)

Casting Department

Jerry Anderson
casting assistant
Jaki Baskow
casting: Las Vegas / las vegas casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Patricia Bean
wardrobe supervisor
George L. Little
wardrobe
Linda Matthews
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Don Brochu
assistant film editor (as Donald Brochu)
Roger Greene
assistant film editor

Location Management

Robert Maharis
location manager

Music Department

Else Blangsted
music editor
Thomas A. Carlson
assistant music editor (as Tom Carlson)
Scott Grusin
assistant music editor
Gene Page
music arranger / orchestrator
Richard McIlvery
musician (uncredited)
John X Volaitis
music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

June Samson
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Alan Falco
transportation coordinator (as Allan Falco)
James Riccio
transportation captain: Chicago second unit
Roger Wooge
driver: cast (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Diane Bandolas
assistant production accountant
Howard Brandy
publicist
Monica Brochu
production secretary
Michael Hill
production accountant
Mary Cay Hollander
production coordinator
Earl Prebell
assistant: Howard Brown
Barbara Price
transcriber
Eric Woster
assistant: Thomas Chong
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