Scanners (1981) Cast & Crew

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Directed by David Cronenberg.

Cast

• Stephen Lack as Cameron Vale
• Jennifer O'Neill as Kim Obrist
• Michael Ironside as Darryl Revok
• Patrick McGoohan as Dr. Paul Ruth
• Lawrence Dane as Braedon Keller
• Robert A. Silverman as Benjamin Pierce
• Lee Broker as Security One
• Mavor Moore as Trevellyan
• Adam Ludwig as Arno Crostic
• Murray Cruchley as Programmer 1
• Fred Döderlein as Dieter Tautz
• Géza Kovács as Killer in Record Store
• Sonny Forbes as Killer in Attic
• Jérôme Tiberghien as Killer in Attic
• Denis Lacroix as Killer in Barn
• Elizabeth Mudry as Killer in Barn
• Victor Désy as Dr. Gatineau
• Louis Del Grande as First Scanner
• Anthony Sherwood as Scanner in Attic
• Ken Umland as Scanner in Attic
• Anne Anglin as Scanner in Attic
• Jock Brandis as Scanner in Attic
• Jack Messinger as Scanner at Door
• Victor Knight as Dr. Frane
• Karen Fullerton as Pregnant Girl
• Margaret Gadbois as Woman in Mall
• Terrance P. Coady as Security 1 Car Passenger
• Steve Michaels as Security 1 Car Driver
• Malcolm Nelthorpe as Security 2 Car Driver
• Nicholas Kilbertus as Security 2 Car Partner
• Don Buchsbaum as Large Man in Mall
• Roland Nincheri as Large Man in Mall
• Kimberly McKeever as Hallucinating Guard
• Robert Boyd as Hallucinating Guard
• Graham Batchelor as Yoga Technician
• Dean Hagopian as Programmer 2
• Alex Stevens as Programmer 3
• Neil Affleck as Student
• John Brasington as Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
• Chris Britton as Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

Crew

• David Cronenberg — Director
• Howard Shore — Original Music Composer
• Mark Irwin — Director of Photography
• David Cronenberg — Writer
• Claude Héroux — Producer

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