The Return of the Living Dead (1985) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Dan O'Bannon.

Cast

• Clu Gulager as Burt
• James Karen as Frank
• Don Calfa as Ernie
• Thom Mathews as Freddy
• Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Spider
• Brian Peck as Scuz
• John Philbin as Chuck
• Linnea Quigley as Trash
• Beverly Randolph as Tina
• Jewel Shepard as Casey
• Mark Venturini as Suicide
• Jonathan Terry as Colonel Glover
• Cathleen Cordell as Colonel's Wife
• David Bond as Radio Corpse #2
• Derrick Brice as Gunnery Sergeant
• Paul Cloud as Cop #2
• Michael Crabtree as Riot Cop #2
• Robert Craighead as Cop #1
• James Dalesandro as Paramedic #2
• Drew Deighan as Paramedic #1
• Leigh Drake as Dispatcher
• John Durbin as Radio Corpse #1
• Ed Krieger as Riot Cop #3
• Bob Libman as Tac Squad Captain
• Allan Trautman as Tarman
• John Stuart West as Riot Cop #1
• Terry Houlihan as Yellow Cadaver
• Robert J. Bennett as Headless Tarman
• Jerome Coleman as Legless Corpse
• Cherry Davis as ½ Lady Corpse (voice)

Crew

• Dan O'Bannon — Screenplay
• Dan O'Bannon — Director
• Tom Fox — Producer
• Matt Clifford — Original Music Composer
• Jules Brenner — Director of Photography

Movies like The Return of the Living Dead

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• Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
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• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004)
• Night of the Demons (1988)
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