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title: "Days of Heaven: cast and crew"
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cast: 18
crew: 99
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Days of Heaven (1978): cast and crew

18 cast and 99 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Richard Gere](https://film.one/person/richard-gere.md) as Bill
- [Brooke Adams](https://film.one/person/brooke-adams.md) as Abby
- [Sam Shepard](https://film.one/person/sam-shepard.md) as The Farmer
- [Linda Manz](https://film.one/person/linda-manz.md) as Linda
- [Robert J. Wilke](https://film.one/person/robert-j-wilke.md) as The Farm Foreman
- [Jackie Shultis](https://film.one/person/jackie-shultis.md) as Linda's Friend
- [Stuart Margolin](https://film.one/person/stuart-margolin.md) as Mill Foreman
- [Timothy Scott](https://film.one/person/timothy-scott.md) as Harvest Hand
- [Gene Bell](https://film.one/person/gene-bell.md) as Dancer
- [Doug Kershaw](https://film.one/person/doug-kershaw.md) as Fiddler
- [Richard Libertini](https://film.one/person/richard-libertini.md) as Vaudeville Leader
- [Frenchie Lemond](https://film.one/person/frenchie-lemond.md) as Vaudeville Wrestler
- Sahbra Markus as Vaudeville Dancer
- Bob Wilson as Accountant
- Muriel Jolliffe as Headmistress
- John Wilkinson as Preacher
- King Cole as Farm Worker
- [Terrence Malick](https://film.one/person/terrence-malick.md) as Mill Worker (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Terrence Malick](https://film.one/person/terrence-malick.md): Director
- Jacob Brackman: Second Unit Director
- Skip Cosper: First Assistant Director
- Rob Lockwood: Second Assistant Director
- Martin Walters: Second Assistant Director
- Wallace C. Bennett: Script Supervisor

## Writing

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

## Production

- Jacob Brackman: Executive Producer
- [Bert Schneider](https://film.one/person/bert-schneider.md): Producer
- [Harold Schneider](https://film.one/person/harold-schneider.md): Producer
- Dianne Crittenden: Casting
- Les Kimber: Production Manager
- Coulter Adams: Unit Manager
- Terry Bolo: Casting Assistant
- Barbara Claman: Casting Assistant
- Geno Havens: Casting Assistant
- Judith Lamb: Casting Assistant
- Karen Rea: Casting Assistant
- Elinor Renfield: Casting Assistant
- Susan Vermazen: Researcher
- Marilyn Tasso: Production Secretary
- Nathalie Seaver: Researcher

## Camera

- [John Bailey](https://film.one/person/john-bailey.md): Camera Operator
- Edie Baskin: Still Photographer
- [Haskell Wexler](https://film.one/person/haskell-wexler.md): Additional Photography
- [Néstor Almendros](https://film.one/person/nestor-almendros.md): Director of Photography
- Robert Eber: Assistant Camera
- Bruno Engler: Still Photographer
- Clyde Hart: Key Grip
- Malcolm Kendall: Best Boy Grip
- Frank Merrells: Dolly Grip
- Rod Parkhurst: Camera Operator
- Chansonetta Emmons: Other
- Henry Hamilton Bennett: Other
- Lewis Hine: Other
- Frances Benjamin Johnston: Other
- Ken Middleham: Other
- William Notman: Other
- Kent Remington: Assistant Camera
- Paul Ryan: Second Unit Director of Photography
- Eric Van Haren Noman: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Billy Weber](https://film.one/person/billy-weber.md): Editor
- [Caroline Biggerstaff](https://film.one/person/caroline-biggerstaff.md): Additional Editor
- Roberta Friedman: Assistant Editor
- Tikki Goldberg: Editorial Consultant
- Dessie Markovsky: Editorial Consultant
- Susan Martin: Additional Editor
- Bob McMillian: Color Assistant
- Barbara Morrison: Negative Cutter
- Jeffrey Schneider: Editorial Consultant
- Marion Segal: Additional Editor
- George Trirogoff: Assistant Editor
- Richard Garibaldi: Colorist

## Sound and music

- [Ennio Morricone](https://film.one/person/ennio-morricone.md): Original Music Composer, Conductor
- Philip Boole: Dolby Consultant
- Allan Bromberg: Assistant Sound Editor
- Allen Byers: Sound Assistant
- Robert Burton: Sound Assistant
- Michael Galloway: Sound Recordist
- Peter Gregory: Other
- Louis Hogue: Boom Operator
- Stephen Katz: Dolby Consultant
- Glen Lambert: Boom Operator
- Jean Marler: Other
- Clyde McKinney: Dolby Consultant
- Colin C. Mouat: Sound Effects Editor
- John T. Reitz: Sound Effects
- George Ronconi: Sound Mixer
- Alan Splet: Sound Assistant
- Robert Thirlwell: Other
- Barry Thomas: Sound Mixer
- Joe Wachter: Other
- Don MacDougall: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Gabriella Belloni: Music Coordinator
- Denny Bruce: Music Coordinator
- Daniel Allan Carlin: Music Editor
- Enrico DeMelis: Music Coordinator
- Robert W. Glass Jr.: Scoring Mixer
- Ted Roberts: Music Editor
- Rick Smith: Musician
- Charles L. Campbell: Sound Effects Editor
- John Wilkinson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- [Sharron Miller](https://film.one/person/sharron-miller.md): Sound Editor

## Art

- [Jack Fisk](https://film.one/person/jack-fisk.md): Art Direction
- Robert Gould: Set Decoration
- Johnny Lattanzio: Painter
- Alan Levine: Property Master
- Barry Merrells: Assistant Property Master
- Dan Perri: Title Designer

## Costume and make-up

- [Patricia Norris](https://film.one/person/patricia-norris.md): Costume Design
- [Jerry R. Allen](https://film.one/person/jerry-r-allen.md): Costume Design
- Bertine Taylor: Hairstylist
- Jamie Brown: Makeup Artist
- Jered Green: Wardrobe Master

## Lighting

- James F. Boyle: Gaffer
- Andrew D. Wilson: Electrician

## Crew

- John Thomas: Special Effects
- Erin Talbott: Stunts
- Joe Watts: Stunts

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