The Parallax View (1974) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Alan J. Pakula.

Cast

• Warren Beatty as Joseph Frady
• Paula Prentiss as Lee Carter
• William Daniels as Austin Tucker
• Walter McGinn as Jack Younger
• Hume Cronyn as Bill Rintels
• Kelly Thordsen as Sheriff L.D. Wicker
• Chuck Waters as Thomas Richard Linder
• Earl Hindman as Deputy Red
• William Joyce as Senator Charles Carroll
• Betty Murray as Mrs. Charles Carroll
• Bill McKinney as Parallax Assassin
• Jo Ann Harris as Chrissy - Frady's Girl
• Ted Gehring as Schecter - Hotel Clerk
• Lee Pulford as Shirley - Salmontail Bar Girl
• Doria Cook-Nelson as Gale - Blond Salmontail Bar Girl
• Jim Davis as George Hammond
• Joan Lemmo as Organist
• Kenneth Mars as Former FBI Agent Will
• William Jordan as Tucker's Aide
• Edward Winter as Senator Jameson
• Stacy Keach Sr. as Commission Spokesman #1
• Ford Rainey as Commission Spokesman #2
• Alma Beltran as Joy Holder
• Richard Bull as Parallax Goon
• Suzanne Cohane as Stewardess
• Ronda Copland as Girl
• Joe Di Reda as Ralph Scoletta
• Patsy Garrett as Woman
• Penelope Gillette as Woman
• Robert P. Lieb as Senator Gillingham
• William Swan as Herbert Moon
• John S. Ragin as Buster Himan
• Vernon Weddle as Harry Lutz
• Anthony Zerbe as Prof. Nelson Schwartzkopf (uncredited)
• Shirley Anthony as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
• Craig R. Baxley as C.I.A. Agent - Top of Space Needle (uncredited)
• Jack Berle as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
• Garrett Cassell as Dopey (uncredited)
• Eddie Garrett as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
• Dorothy Hack as Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Crew

• Alan J. Pakula — Director
• Loren Singer — Novel
• Lorenzo Semple Jr. — Screenplay
• David Giler — Screenplay
• Alan J. Pakula — Producer
• Michael Small — Original Music Composer
• Gordon Willis — Director of Photography

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