September 30, 1955
A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash.
Richard Thomas
Jimmy J.
Susan Tyrrell
Melba Lou
Deborah Benson
Charlotte
Lisa Blount
Billie Jean
Tom Hulce
Hanley
Dennis Quaid
Frank
Mary Kai Clark
Pat
Dennis Christopher
Eugene
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Jimmy J.'s Mother
Ben Fuhrman
Coach Haynes
Michael Lovell Farris
Edgar
Tom Bonner
Radio Announcer (voice)
Glen Irby
Band Director
Bryan Scott
Dickie
Bush Satterfield
Charlotte's Father
Katherine Satterfield
Charlotte's Mother
Betty Harford
Nurse
Ouida White
Aunt Ethel
James Dombek
Mr. Brown
Belynda Dix
Girl in Car
Melody Hamilton
Girl with Corsage
Ray Hemphill
Young Man in Truck
Morris 'Tex' Biggs
Old Man in Truck
John Pearce
TV Man
Pete Boggs
Mr. Phillips
Mark C Thomas
Boy with Radio
Paula Sanford
Girl with Radio
Freeman Mobley
Liquor Store Owner
Charles McCrary
Midnight
George Johnson
Midnight's Friend
Neal Moore
Drunk Boy in Dorm
Mark D. Andrews
Boy in Dorm
Ron Campbell
Boy at Liquor Store
Brian Brandt
B.O.
James Bridges
Director
Leonard Rosenman
Original Music Composer
Jack Freeman
Makeup Artist
Dorothea Long
Hairstylist
Cliff Bole
First Assistant Director
Fred T. Gallo
First Assistant Director
Kim Kurumada
Second Assistant Director
Don Zepfel
Second Assistant Director
R.A. Rondell
Stunt Coordinator
Kevin F. Cleary
Sound
Gordon Ecker
Sound Effects Editor
Larry Jost
Sound
Chris Newman
Sound
Louis Niemeyer
Second Assistant Camera
Robert D. McBride
Assistant Camera
Patricia Zinn Etheridge
Costumer
Mina Mittelman
Costumer
Kent Warner
Costumer
Bettie Biery
Music Editor
Ralph Ferraro
Orchestrator
Leonard Rosenman
Orchestrator
Leonard Rosenman
Conductor
Bob Larson
Production Executive
Jane Lockwood
Production Assistant
Keith Rateliff
Production Assistant
James Bridges
Writer
Jerry Weintraub
Producer
Gordon Willis
Director of Photography
Jeff Gourson
Editor
Robert Luthardt
Art Direction
Sharon Thomas
Set Decoration
Karen Hale Wookey
Script Supervisor
Kitty O'Neil
Stunt Double
Bob Larson
Unit Production Manager