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Opening Credits[]
- Paramount Pictures Presents
- A Stanley R. Jaffe Production
- A Michael Ritchie Film
- Starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal
- "The Bad News Bears"
- Also Starring: Vic Morrow
- Production Design by: Polly Pratt
- Edited by: Richard A. Harris
- Music Adapted and Conducted by: Jerry Fielding
- Music Supervision by: Steve Buckingham
- Director of Photography: John A. Alonzo, A.S.C.
- Written by: Bill Lancaster
- Produced by: Stanley R. Jaffe
- Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Closing Credits[]
- Co-Starring:
- Joyce Van Patten as Cleveland
- Ben Piazza as Bob Whitewood
- Jackie Earle Haley, Alfred W. Lutter
- The Bears:
- Chris Barnes - Tanner Boyle
- Erin Blunt - Ahmad Abdul Rahlm
- Gary Lee Cavagnaro - Engelberg
- Jaime Escobedo - Jose Agilar
- Scott Firestone - Regi Tower
- George Gonzales - Miguel Agilar
- Jackie Earle Haley - Kelly Leak
- Alfred W. Lutter - Ogilvia
- Brett Marx - Jimmy Feldman
- Walter Matthau - Coach Morris Buttermaker
- Tatum O'Neal - Amanda Whurilzer
- David Pollock - Rudi Stein
- Quinn Smith - Timmy Lupus
- David Stambaugh - Toby Whitewood
- and Brandon Cruz as Joey Turner
- Cast:
- Vic Morrow - Roy Turner
- Timothy Blake - Mrs. Lupus
- Bill Sorrells - Mr. Tower
- Shari Summers - Mrs. Turner
- Joe Brooks - Umpire
- George Wyner - White Box Manager
- David Lazarus - Yankee
- Charles Matthau - Athletic
- Maurice Marks - Announcer
- Margaret Richey - Kid
- Howard Culver - Newscaster
- Bob Harks & D'Janine King-Lasky - Spectators at Ball Game
- Ethan Tudor W. - Astros & Ballplayer
- Music Themes from "Carmen" by: Georges Bizet
- Casting by: Mike Fenton and Jane Feinberg
- Unit Production Manager and Assistant Director: Jack Roe
- Second Assistant Director: Blair Robertson
- Assistant to the Producer: Susan Shonnard
- Secretary to the Director: Monica Lauer
- Production Assistant: Dominic Jack Pizzo Jr.
- Set Decorator: Cheryal Kearney
- Camera Operator: Chris Swiebert
- Camera Assistant: Billy Walsh
- Script Supervisor: Marshall Schlom
- Re-Recording Mixer: John Wilkinson
- Sound Mixer: Gene Cantamessa
- Sound Recordist: Michael Galloway
- Boom Operator: Norm Drain
- Additional Music by: Van Dyke Parks
- Orchestrations: Lennie Niehaus
- Music Editor: Don K. Harris
- Musicians: Malcolm McNab · Trumpet, Louise Di Tullio · Flute
- Assistant Film Editor: John Wright
- Men's Costumer: Tommy Dawson
- Women's Costumer: Nancy Martinelli
- Make-up: Jack Obringer
- Hairstylist: Caryl Codon
- Property Master: Pat O'Connor
- Gaffer: Earl Gilbert
- Dialogue Coach: Phil Epstein
- Welfare Worker: Porita Adams
- Poster Artist: Jack Davis
- Sound by Glen Glenn Sound
- Copyright © 1976 Paramoun Pictures Corporation · All Rights Reserved
- Lenses and Panaflex Camera by Panavision
- Color by Movielab
- Titles and Opticals by Westheimer Co.
- Promotional Consideration Furnished by Denny's Inc.
- The persons and events in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons or events is unintentional. This motion picture is protected under laws of the United States and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.
- RCA Photophone Sound Recording
- This Picture Made Under the Jurisdiction of I.A.T.S.E.-IA, Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.
- Approved No. 24398 Motion Picture Association of America