Close Encounters of the Worst Kind/Credits

"Close Encounters of the Worst Kind" Full Cast & Crew

Writing/Directorial Credits

• William Asher - Director
• Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx - Writers

Cast (in credits order)

Starring

• Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt
• Vic Tayback as Mel Sharples
• Polly Holliday as Florence Jean Castleberry
• Beth Howland as Vera Louise Gorman
• Philip McKeon as Tommy Hyatt

Guest starring/Recurring cast

• Boyd Bodwell as Sam Fox
• Charles Cyphers as Allen Wolf
• Larry Hovis as Bill Dovey
• Barbara Sharma as Helen Dovey

Production Team

• Bob Carroll, Jr. - Producer
• Madelyn Davis - Producer
• Jerry Madden - Co-Producer

Cinematography by

• V. Dale Palmer - Director of Photography

Film Editing by

• Rich Blankinship - Video

Casting By

• Vivian McRae - Casting Director

Art Direction by

• Thomas Azzari (credited as Tho. E. Azzari)

Set Decoration by

• Sidney Clifford (as Sid Clifford)

Costume Design by

• Patricia Landis (as Pat Landis)

Art Department

• Gilbert Spragg - Property Master (as Gil Sprague)

Sound Department

• Doc Bennett - Sound

Music Department

• Alan Bergman - Composer: theme music
• David Shire - Composer: theme music
• Marilyn Bergman - Lyrics: theme music
• Franklin Jones, Jr. - Music Engineer

==Other crew==

• Dan Corvan - Stage Manager
• Robert Fisher - Executive Story Consultant
• Rowby Green - Script Consultant
• Lee Lochhead - Associate Director
• Arthur Marx - Executive Story Consultant
• Tom Whedon - Executive Story Editor