---
name: "Jim Cash"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-cash"
fi1m_id: "jim-cash"
imdb_id: "nm0143596"
tmdb_id: 11080
wikidata_id: "Q967077"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 January 1941"
died: "25 May 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T19:57:25.362965+00:00"
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."
---

# Jim Cash

## Identity

Jim Cash

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-cash
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-cash
- **IMDb ID:** nm0143596
- **TMDB ID:** 11080
- **Wikidata ID:** Q967077
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cash, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967077, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143596/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11080

Writer. Born 17 January 1941 in Boyne City, Michigan, USA. Died 25 May 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 January 1941, Boyne City, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 25 May 2000
- **Active:** 1986–2022
- **Frequently works with:** [Jack Epps Jr.](https://film.one/person/jack-epps-jr.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 66 (2), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Drama 2, Comedy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,957m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cash, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967077, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143596/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11080

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Top Gun*](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md) (71)
- **Netflix:** [*The Secret of My Success*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jim Cash was an American screenwriter. He was born in Boyne City, Michigan, and studied at Michigan State University, where he earned a BA in English in 1970 and an MA in Television and Radio in 1972. He later taught courses in writing and film history at the university.

In 1975, while at Michigan State University, Cash began a long-term writing partnership with former student Jack Epps Jr. They collaborated remotely, with Cash based in East Lansing, Michigan. Their credits include the screenplays for *Legal Eagles* (1986), *Top Gun* (1986), *The Secret of My Success* (1987), *Turner & Hooch* (1989) and *Dick Tracy* (1990), as well as *Anaconda* (1997).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Fi1m 80, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Fi1m 62, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Top Gun* (1986), Fi1m 71, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Anaconda* (2025), Original Film Writer
- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Characters — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid* (2004), Story
- *The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas* (2000), Screenplay
- *Anaconda* (1997), Writer
- *Dick Tracy* (1990), Screenplay
- *Turner & Hooch* (1989), Screenplay
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Screenplay — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Legal Eagles* (1986), Screenplay
- *Top Gun* (1986), Writer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *O'Hara's Wife* (1982), as Dry Cleaning Man
- *Top Gun 3*, Characters

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