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*Rooster*
Rooster
Genre	Drama
Written by	Glen A. Larson; Paul Williams
Directed by	Russ Mayberry
Starring	Paul Williams; Pat McCormick; J. D. Cannon; Ed Lauter; Jill St. John; Kathrine Baumann;
Music by	Stu Phillips
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Glen A. Larson
Cinematography	Chuck Arnold (as Charles G. Arnold)
Editor	David Howe
Running time	85 minutes
Production companies	20th Century Fox Television; Glen A. Larson Productions; Tugboat Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	August 19, 1982

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Rooster is a 1982 made-for-television film starring Paul Williams and Pat McCormick who were reunited after their pairing in the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Rooster is an unsold television pilot written and produced by Glen A. Larson for 20th Century Fox Television and broadcast as a two-hour movie on ABC on August 19, 1982 and was rebroadcast on July 24, 1983.

Plot summary

A physically small police psychologist (Paul Williams) and a physically large insurance detective (Pat McCormick) team up on an arson case.

Cast

Paul Williams as Rooster Steele
Pat McCormick as Sweets McBride
J. D. Cannon as Chief Willard T. Coburn
Ed Lauter as Jack Claggert
Jill St. John as Joanna Van Eegan
Delta Burke as Laura DeVega
Kathrine Baumann as Amy Hammond
Charlie Callas as Francis A. Melville
Henry Darrow as Dr. Sanchez
Pamela Hensley as Bunny Richter
Lara Parker as Janet
William Daniels as Dr. DeVega
John Saxon as Jerome Brademan
Eddie Albert as Rev. Harlan Barnum
Marie Osmond as Sister Mae Davis
Dan Pastorini as Himself
Dusty Baker as Himself
Jerry Reuss as Himself
Mike Scioscia as Himself

Follow-ons

Rooster Steele and Sweets McBride, played by Paul Williams and Pat McCormick, would reappear in "How Do I Kill Thee...Let Me Count the Ways" episode of The Fall Guy in 1983.

External links

Rooster at IMDb

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+| writer             = [[Glen A. Larson]]<br />[[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]]
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+| starring           = [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]]<br />[[Pat McCormick (actor)|Pat McCormick]]<br />[[J. D. Cannon]]<br />[[Ed Lauter]]<br />[[Jill St. John]]<br />[[Kathrine Baumann]]<br />
-| writer = [[Glen A. Larson]]<br />[[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]]
+| director           = [[Russ Mayberry]]
-| starring = [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]]<br />[[Pat McCormick (actor)|Pat McCormick]]<br />[[J. D. Cannon]]<br />[[Ed Lauter]]<br />[[Jill St. John]]<br />[[Kathrine Baumann]]<br />[[Amy Botwinick]]
+| executive_producer = Glen A. Larson
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+| music              = [[Stu Phillips (composer)|Stu Phillips]]
-| executive_producer = Glen A. Larson
+| cinematography     = [[Chuck Arnold]] (as Charles G. Arnold)
-| producer = [[Keith Pierce]] (associate producer)<br />[[Harker Wade]] (supervising producer)
-| music = [[Stu Phillips (composer)|Stu Phillips]]
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-| cinematography = [[Chuck Arnold]] (as Charles G. Arnold)
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-| editor = [[David Howe (film editor)|David Howe]]
+| network            = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
-| released = {{Film date|1982|08|19}}
+| runtime            = 85 minutes
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-'''''Rooster''''' is a 1982 [[television film|made-for-television film]] starring [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] and [[Pat McCormick (actor)|Pat McCormick]] who were reunited after their pairing in the ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]'' movies. ''Rooster'' is an unsold television pilot written and produced by [[Glen A. Larson]] for [[20th Century Fox Television]] and broadcast as a two-hour movie on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on August 19, 1982.
+'''''Rooster''''' is a 1982 [[television film|made-for-television film]] starring [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] and [[Pat McCormick (actor)|Pat McCormick]] who were reunited after their pairing in the ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]'' movies. ''Rooster'' is an unsold television pilot written and produced by [[Glen A. Larson]] for [[20th Century Fox Television]] and broadcast as a two-hour movie on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on August 19, 1982 and was rebroadcast on July 24, 1983.
 ==Plot summary==
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 * [[Jill St. John]] as Joanna Van Eegan
 * [[Delta Burke]] as Laura DeVega
+* [[Kathrine Baumann]] as Amy Hammond
 * [[Charlie Callas]] as Francis A. Melville
 * [[Henry Darrow]] as Dr. Sanchez
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 * [[Mike Scioscia]] as Himself
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+==Follow-ons==
+Rooster Steele and Sweets McBride, played by Paul Williams and Pat McCormick, would reappear in [[List of The Fall Guy episodes|"How Do I Kill Thee...Let Me Count the Ways"]] episode of ''The Fall Guy'' in 1983.
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 [[Category:Television pilots not picked up as a series]]
-[[Category:Television films by 20th Century Fox Television]]
+[[Category:20th Century Fox Television films]]
-[[Category:American television films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Stu Phillips]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Russ Mayberry]]
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+{{US-tv-drama-film-stub}}