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title: "Down by Law: cast and crew"
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cast: 22
crew: 77
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# Down by Law (1986): cast and crew

22 cast and 77 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Tom Waits](https://film.one/person/tom-waits.md) as Zack
- [John Lurie](https://film.one/person/john-lurie.md) as Jack
- [Roberto Benigni](https://film.one/person/roberto-benigni.md) as Roberto
- [Nicoletta Braschi](https://film.one/person/nicoletta-braschi.md) as Nicoletta
- [Ellen Barkin](https://film.one/person/ellen-barkin.md) as Laurette
- [Billie Neal](https://film.one/person/billie-neal.md) as Bobbie
- [Rockets Redglare](https://film.one/person/rockets-redglare.md) as Gig
- [Vernel Bagneris](https://film.one/person/vernel-bagneris.md) as Preston
- [Timothea](https://film.one/person/timothea.md) as Julie
- [L.C. Drane](https://film.one/person/l-c-drane.md) as L.C.
- [Joy N. Houck Jr.](https://film.one/person/joy-n-houck-jr.md) as Detective Mandino
- [Carrie Lindsoe](https://film.one/person/carrie-lindsoe.md) as Young Girl
- Ralph Joseph as Detective
- [Richard Boes](https://film.one/person/richard-boes.md) as Detective
- Dave Petitjean as Cajun Detective
- Adam Cohen as Uniformed Cop
- [Alan Kleinberg](https://film.one/person/alan-kleinberg.md) as Corpse
- Archie Sampier as Prisoner
- David Dahlgren as Guard #1
- Alex Miller as Guard #2
- Eliott Keener as Guard #3
- Jay Hilliard as Guard #4

## Directing

- [Jim Jarmusch](https://film.one/person/jim-jarmusch.md): Director
- Guido Chiesa: Second Assistant Director
- Peter Grand: Script Supervisor
- Claire Denis: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Jim Jarmusch](https://film.one/person/jim-jarmusch.md): Writer

## Production

- [Alan Kleinberg](https://film.one/person/alan-kleinberg.md): Producer
- [Cary Brokaw](https://film.one/person/cary-brokaw.md): Executive Producer
- Otto Grokenberger: Executive Producer
- Russell Schwartz: Executive Producer
- [Rudd Simmons](https://film.one/person/rudd-simmons.md): Production Manager
- Alison Walsh: Casting Assistant, Assistant Production Coordinator
- Stephanie Samuel: Assistant Location Manager
- Claudia Splecher: Additional Casting
- Allison Brandin: Production Assistant
- Tom Jarmusch: Production Assistant
- Charles De Cuir: Production Assistant
- Lisa Krueger: Producer's Assistant
- Kathie Hersch: Production Coordinator
- Tommy Samona: Production Assistant
- David Ross McCarty: Location Manager
- Matthew A. Handal: Production Assistant
- Susan Jacobs: Publicist
- Phil Seifert III: Production Assistant
- Camela Smyke: Production Office Coordinator
- Mary Shelton: Location Assistant
- Jim Stark: Co-Producer
- Tom Rothman: Co-Producer

## Camera

- [Robby Müller](https://film.one/person/robby-muller.md): Director of Photography
- Paul Ferrara: Key Grip
- Jack Anderson: First Assistant Camera
- Theo Cremona: Second Assistant Camera
- Hank Billeaud: Best Boy Grip
- Michael Ruggles: Best Boy Grip

## Editing

- [Melody London](https://film.one/person/melody-london.md): Editor
- Tom Salvatore: Color Timer
- Lori Mozilo: Assistant Editor
- Tim Brennan: Negative Cutter

## Sound and music

- John Auerbach: Supervising Sound Editor
- [John Lurie](https://film.one/person/john-lurie.md): Original Music Composer
- Peter Waggoner: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Drew Kunin: Sound Mixer
- Martin Bisi: Additional Sound Re-Recordist
- [Robin Katz](https://film.one/person/robin-katz.md): Assistant Sound Editor
- Stanley Kastner: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Tony Garnier: Musician
- Naná Vasconcelos: Musician
- Matthew Corey: Apprentice Sound Editor
- Mark Goodermote: Boom Operator
- Eugene J. Moye: Musician
- Sylvia Waliga: First Assistant Sound Editor
- E.J. Rodriguez: Musician
- [Tom Waits](https://film.one/person/tom-waits.md): Songs
- Lisa Krueger: Music Coordinator
- Arto Lindsay: Musician
- Frank Kern: Sound Editor
- Curtis Fowlkes: Musician
- Marc Ribot: Musician
- Doug Bowne: Musician

## Art

- [Janet Densmore](https://film.one/person/janet-densmore.md): Production Design, Property Master, Set Dresser
- Roger Knight: Assistant Property Master, Assistant Set Dresser

## Costume and make-up

- Donita Sather: Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
- [Carol Wood](https://film.one/person/carol-wood.md): Costume Design
- Lynn Simpson: Costume Assistant

## Lighting

- Christopher Porter: Gaffer
- Louis Tancredi: Electrician
- Hank Billeaud: Gaffer

## Crew

- Phil Sodano: Thanks
- Eric Hoffman: Projection
- Enzo Ungari: In Memory Of
- Irwin Young: Thanks
- Melvin Pukowsky: Thanks
- Don Donigi: Thanks
- Pascale Ogier: In Memory Of
- Lynn Staats: Production Controller
- Simon Brook: Thanks
- Ida Schonfeld: Intern
- Bill Nisselson: Thanks

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