Rooster (film)

Rooster
Directed by	Russ Mayberry
Written by	Glen A. Larson Paul Williams
Produced by	Glen A. Larson (executive producer) Keith Pierce (associate producer) Harker Wade (supervising producer)
Starring	Paul Williams Pat McCormick J. D. Cannon Ed Lauter Jill St. John Kathrine Baumann Amy Botwinick
Cinematography	Chuck Arnold (as Charles G. Arnold)
Edited by	David Howe
Music by	Stu Phillips
Production companies	20th Century Fox Television Glen A. Larson Productions Tugboat Productions
Distributed by	ABC
Release date	August 19, 1982 (1982-08-19)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Rooster is a 1982 made-for-TV 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 the ABC Television Network in 1982.

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
• Kathrine Baumann as Amy Hammond
• Amy Botwinick as B.B.
• Robert Henry Bryant as Fire Chief (as Robert Bryant)
• Delta Burke as Laura DeVega
• 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
• Severn Darden as Conway
• Ken Lynch as Poker Player
• Michele Carey as Policewoman
• Betty A. Bridges as Nurse (as Betty Bridges)
• Darien Dash as Billy
• Larry Levine as Levine

External links

• Rooster at IMDb