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title: "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: cast and crew"
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cast: 17
crew: 42
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# The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): cast and crew

17 cast and 42 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Marilyn Burns](https://film.one/person/marilyn-burns.md) as Sally
- [Allen Danziger](https://film.one/person/allen-danziger.md) as Jerry
- [Paul A. Partain](https://film.one/person/paul-a-partain.md) as Franklin
- [William Vail](https://film.one/person/william-vail.md) as Kirk
- [Teri McMinn](https://film.one/person/teri-mcminn.md) as Pam
- [Edwin Neal](https://film.one/person/edwin-neal.md) as Hitchhiker
- [Jim Siedow](https://film.one/person/jim-siedow.md) as Old Man
- [Gunnar Hansen](https://film.one/person/gunnar-hansen.md) as Leatherface
- [John Dugan](https://film.one/person/john-dugan.md) as Grandfather
- [Robert Courtin](https://film.one/person/robert-courtin.md) as Window Washer
- [William Creamer](https://film.one/person/william-creamer.md) as Bearded Man
- [John Henry Faulk](https://film.one/person/john-henry-faulk.md) as Storyteller
- Jerry Green as Cowboy
- Ed Guinn as Cattle Truck Driver
- Joe Bill Hogan as Drunk
- Perry Lorenz as Pick Up Driver
- [John Larroquette](https://film.one/person/john-larroquette.md) as Narrator (voice)

## Directing

- [Tobe Hooper](https://film.one/person/tobe-hooper.md): Director
- [Sallye Richardson](https://film.one/person/sallye-richardson.md): Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Kim Henkel](https://film.one/person/kim-henkel.md): Story, Screenplay
- [Tobe Hooper](https://film.one/person/tobe-hooper.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Tobe Hooper](https://film.one/person/tobe-hooper.md): Producer
- [Ron Bozman](https://film.one/person/ron-bozman.md): Production Manager
- Jay Parsley: Executive Producer
- [Kim Henkel](https://film.one/person/kim-henkel.md): Associate Producer
- Richard Saenz: Associate Producer
- Ray Spaw: Production Assistant
- David Spaw: Production Assistant
- Robert Pustejowski: Production Assistant
- N.C. Parsley: Production Assistant
- Charlie Loving: Production Assistant
- Sally Nicholaou Hamilton: Production Assistant
- Paulette Gochnour: Production Assistant
- Tom Foote: Production Assistant
- Paula Eaton: Production Assistant
- Jim Crow: Production Assistant
- Jerry Bellnoski: Production Assistant
- George Baetz: Production Assistant

## Camera

- [Daniel Pearl](https://film.one/person/daniel-pearl.md): Director of Photography
- [Lou Perryman](https://film.one/person/lou-perryman.md): Assistant Camera
- J. Michael McClary: Assistant Camera
- Lynn Scherwitz: Key Grip
- [Tobe Hooper](https://film.one/person/tobe-hooper.md): Additional Photography
- Rod Ponton: Grip

## Editing

- [J. Larry Carroll](https://film.one/person/j-larry-carroll.md): Editor
- [Sallye Richardson](https://film.one/person/sallye-richardson.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Wayne Bell](https://film.one/person/wayne-bell.md): Sound Designer, Original Music Composer, Boom Operator
- [Tobe Hooper](https://film.one/person/tobe-hooper.md): Original Music Composer
- Ted Nicolaou: Location Sound Recordist
- Robert 'Buzz' Knudson: Other
- Jay M. Harding: Other
- Paul Harrison: Other

## Art

- Robert A. Burns: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- Dorothy J. Pearl: Makeup Artist
- W.E. Barnes: Makeup Artist

## Lighting

- Lynn Lockwood: Other

## Crew

- Dean W. Miller: Special Effects
- Mary Church: Script, Stunts
- Perry Lorenz: Stunt Driver

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