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title: "Badlands: cast and crew"
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cast: 18
crew: 46
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# Badlands (1973): cast and crew

18 cast and 46 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Martin Sheen](https://film.one/person/martin-sheen.md) as Kit Carruthers
- [Sissy Spacek](https://film.one/person/sissy-spacek.md) as Holly Sargis
- [Warren Oates](https://film.one/person/warren-oates.md) as Holly's Father
- [Ramon Bieri](https://film.one/person/ramon-bieri.md) as Cato
- [Alan Vint](https://film.one/person/alan-vint.md) as Deputy
- [Gary Littlejohn](https://film.one/person/gary-littlejohn.md) as Sheriff
- [John Carter](https://film.one/person/john-carter.md) as Rich Man
- [Bryan Montgomery](https://film.one/person/bryan-montgomery.md) as Boy
- [Gail Threlkeld](https://film.one/person/gail-threlkeld.md) as Girl
- [Charles Fitzpatrick](https://film.one/person/charles-fitzpatrick.md) as Clerk
- [John Womack Jr.](https://film.one/person/john-womack-jr.md) as Trooper
- [Howard Ragsdale](https://film.one/person/howard-ragsdale.md) as Boss
- Dona Baldwin as Maid
- Ben Bravo as Gas Attendant
- [Terrence Malick](https://film.one/person/terrence-malick.md) as Caller at Rich Man's House (uncredited)
- Li Baolong as Chinese Kid (uncredited)
- [Charlie Sheen](https://film.one/person/charlie-sheen.md) as Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited)
- [Emilio Estevez](https://film.one/person/emilio-estevez.md) as Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Terrence Malick](https://film.one/person/terrence-malick.md): Director
- John Broderick: Assistant Director
- Carl Olsen: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Terrence Malick](https://film.one/person/terrence-malick.md): Writer

## Production

- [Terrence Malick](https://film.one/person/terrence-malick.md): Producer
- [Edward R. Pressman](https://film.one/person/edward-r-pressman.md): Executive Producer
- Dianne Crittenden: Casting
- [Louis A. Stroller](https://film.one/person/louis-a-stroller.md): Associate Producer
- William Scott: Production Manager
- Penny Richardson: Production Secretary
- Connie Lee Stone: Production Assistant
- Paul Marcus: Production Assistant
- Rich Cook: Production Assistant

## Camera

- [Brian Probyn](https://film.one/person/brian-probyn.md): Director of Photography
- [Tak Fujimoto](https://film.one/person/tak-fujimoto.md): Director of Photography
- [Stevan Larner](https://film.one/person/stevan-larner.md): Director of Photography
- Tony Palmieri: Assistant Camera
- Douglas Knapp: Best Boy Grip

## Editing

- [Robert Estrin](https://film.one/person/robert-estrin.md): Editor
- Marion Segal: Assistant Editor
- [Billy Weber](https://film.one/person/billy-weber.md): Associate Editor

## Sound and music

- [George Tipton](https://film.one/person/george-aliceson-tipton.md): Original Music Composer, Conductor
- Erma E. Levin: Music Editor
- John Wilkinson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- [Sharron Miller](https://film.one/person/sharron-miller.md): Sound Editor
- James Nelson: Supervising Sound Editor
- James Taylor: Theme Song Performance
- Sam F. Shaw: Sound Effects
- Maury Harris: Production Sound Mixer
- Doug Crichton: Boom Operator

## Art

- [Jack Fisk](https://film.one/person/jack-fisk.md): Art Direction
- Edward Richardson: Art Direction
- Joan Mocine: Art Designer
- Ken Hilton: Set Dresser

## Costume and make-up

- [Rosanna Norton](https://film.one/person/rosanna-norton.md): Costume Design
- Dona Baldwin: Hairstylist, Wardrobe Designer

## Lighting

- Jack English: Gaffer

## Crew

- George Fisher: Stunts
- [Gary Littlejohn](https://film.one/person/gary-littlejohn.md): Vehicles Coordinator
- Melvin James: Thanks
- Arthur Penn: Thanks
- James Nelson: Thanks
- [Bert Schneider](https://film.one/person/bert-schneider.md): Thanks
- Wallace Wolf: Thanks
- [Irvin Kershner](https://film.one/person/irvin-kershner.md): Thanks
- Charlotte Jakes: Thanks

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