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title: "Sudden Impact: cast and crew"
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cast: 49
crew: 33
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# Sudden Impact (1983): cast and crew

49 cast and 33 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md) as Insp. Harry Callahan
- [Sondra Locke](https://film.one/person/sondra-locke.md) as Jennifer Spencer
- [Pat Hingle](https://film.one/person/pat-hingle.md) as Chief Jannings
- [Bradford Dillman](https://film.one/person/bradford-dillman.md) as Captain Briggs
- [Paul Drake](https://film.one/person/paul-drake.md) as Mick
- [Audrie J. Neenan](https://film.one/person/audrie-neenan.md) as Ray Parkins
- [Jack Thibeau](https://film.one/person/jack-thibeau.md) as Kruger
- [Michael Currie](https://film.one/person/michael-currie.md) as Lt. Donnelly
- [Albert Popwell](https://film.one/person/albert-popwell.md) as Horace King
- [Mark Keyloun](https://film.one/person/mark-keyloun.md) as Officer Bennett
- [Kevyn Major Howard](https://film.one/person/kevyn-major-howard.md) as Hawkins
- [Bette Ford](https://film.one/person/bette-ford.md) as Leah
- [Nancy Parsons](https://film.one/person/nancy-parsons.md) as Mrs. Kruger
- Joe Bellan as Burly Detective
- [Wendell Wellman](https://film.one/person/wendell-wellman.md) as Tyrone
- Mara Corday as Loretta - Coffee Shop Waitress
- Russ McCubbin as Eddie
- Robert Sutton as Carl
- [Nancy Fish](https://film.one/person/nancy-fish.md) as Historical Society Woman
- [Carmen Argenziano](https://film.one/person/carmen-argenziano.md) as D'Ambrosia
- Lisa Britt as Elizabeth
- Lois de Banzie as Judge
- Matthew Child as Alby
- Mike Johnson as Assassin
- Lloyd Nelson as Desk Sergeant
- Christopher Pray as Detective Jacobs
- Lisa London as Young Hooker
- Bill Reddick as Police Commissioner
- Harry Demopoulos as Dr. Barton
- Tom Spratley as Senior Man
- James McEachin as Detective Barnes
- Jophery C. Brown as Young Guy
- Dennis Royston as Young Guy
- Melvin Thompson as Young Guy
- William Upton as Young Guy
- Morgan Upton as Bartender
- Ken Lee as Loomis
- Nick Dimitri as Assassin
- Michael Maurer as George Wilburn
- Pat DuVal as Bailiff
- Christian Phillips as Hawkins' Crony
- Steven Kravitz as Hawkins' Crony
- John X. Heart as Uniformed Policemen
- David Gonzales as Gang Member
- Albert Martinez as Gang Member
- Robert Rivers as Gang Member
- Maria Lynch as Hostess
- John Nowak as Bank Robber
- Eileen Wiggins as Hysterical Female Customer

## Directing

- [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md): Director

## Writing

- [Dean Riesner](https://film.one/person/dean-riesner.md): Writer
- [Joseph Stinson](https://film.one/person/joseph-stinson.md): Screenplay
- Charles B. Pierce: Story
- [Harry Julian Fink](https://film.one/person/harry-julian-fink.md): Characters
- [Rita M. Fink](https://film.one/person/rita-m-fink.md): Characters
- Earl E. Smith: Story
- [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md): Producer
- [Steve Perry](https://film.one/person/steve-perry.md): Associate Producer
- [Fritz Manes](https://film.one/person/fritz-manes.md): Executive Producer

## Camera

- [Bruce Surtees](https://film.one/person/bruce-surtees.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Joel Cox](https://film.one/person/joel-cox.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Lalo Schifrin](https://film.one/person/lalo-schifrin.md): Original Music Composer
- Rick Alexander: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Les Fresholtz: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Robert G. Henderson: Sound Effects Editor
- Bub Asman: Sound Effects Editor
- Vern Poore: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Alan Robert Murray: Sound Effects Editor
- Jules Strasser: Boom Operator
- Donald F. Johnson: Sound Mixer
- Brooke Henderson Ward: Assistant Sound Editor

## Art

- Ernie Bishop: Set Decoration
- [Edward Carfagno](https://film.one/person/edward-c-carfagno.md): Production Design

## Costume and make-up

- Barbara Guedel: Makeup Artist
- Marlene D. Williams: Hairstylist

## Crew

- Larry Holt: Stunts
- Paula Moody: Stunts
- Debby Porter: Stunts
- George Orrison: Stunt Double, Stunts
- Christine Anne Baur: Stunts
- [Buddy Van Horn](https://film.one/person/buddy-van-horn.md): Stunt Coordinator

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