The Choirboys (1977)


The Choirboys
Release Date23 December 1977
Budget$6,000,000
TaglineDon't look for these guys in church.
GenreCrime, Drama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor

The Choirboys is a 1977 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Christopher Knopf and Joseph Wambaugh based on Wambaugh's novel. It features an ensemble cast including Randy Quaid and James Woods. The film was released to theaters by Universal Pictures on December 23, 1977.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Spermwhale Whalen

Calvin Motts

Baxter Slate

Francis Tanaguchi

Spencer Van Moot

Roscoe Rules

Dean Proust

Chuck Sacci
'Father' Sartino

Sam Lyles

Harold Bloomguard

Scuzzi

Susan Batson
Sabrina

Cheryl Smith
Tammy

Carolina Moon

Gene Chronopoulos
Card player

Dianne Dixon
Carrier 1's wife

Loni Kaye Harkless
Secretary

Louise Lorimer
Fox

Dimitri Logothetis
Card player

Bob Minor
Hod carrier 2

Maria O'Brien
Carrier 2's wife

John Steadman
Odello

Maile Souza
Sheila

Lomax Study
Businessman

Ta-Tanisha
Melissa

Hatsuo Uda
Soldier

Bill Walker
Tilden

Ben Young
Vice officer

Susanne Zenor
Blonde

Alex Brown
Policeman

Howard Curtis
Policeman

Gary Davis
Policeman

Jon K. Greene
Policeman

James M. Halty
Policeman

James Kingsley
Policeman

John McKee
Policeman

James Winburn
Policeman

Policeman

Deputy Chief Riggs

Fanny Forbes

Nick Yanov

Kimberly Lyles

Ora Lee Tingle

Joe Kapp
Hod carrier

No Balls Hadley

Drobeck

Jack DeLeon
Quigley

Lt. Grimsley

David Spielberg
Finque

Zoony

Michael Wills
Blaney

Director

Producer

Christopher Knopf
writer

screenplay, novel, uncredited for script

producer

associate producer

Mario Bregni
executive producer

Pietro Bregni
executive producer

executive producer

Lee Rich
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Joseph F. Biroc

Editor

William Martin
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Irving Rosenblum
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Maury Winetrobe
-

Casting Director

Jack Baur
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Barbara Miller
-

Production Designer

Bill Kenney
-

Set Decorator

Raphael Bretton
-

Costume Designer

Thomas S. Dawson

Yvonne Kubis
-

Makeup Department

Tom Ellingwood
makeup artist

Production Manager

Eddie Saeta
production supervisor

Teodoro Corrà
post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Cheryl Downey
second assistant director

Malcolm R. Harding
first assistant director

Jonathan Giles Zimmerman
trainee assistant director

Art Department

Dennis Butterworth
landscaping

Horst Grandt
property master

Robert Krume
construction coordinator

Marty Seidman
greensman

Sig Tingloff
set designer

Tommy Tomlinson
assistant property master

Ward Welton
head painter

William Ladd Skinner
set designer

Sound Department

James Contrares
production sound mixer

Gordon Daniel
sound editor

Robert Kyte
boom operator

William L. McCaughey
sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects

Henry Millar
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Lee Krosskove
key grip

Charles Minsky
assistant camera

Kenneth Peach Jr.
camera operator

Bill Shaw
gaffer

Frederic J. Smith
camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Thomas S. Dawson
costumer: men

Yvonne Kubis
costumer: women

Editorial Department

Joseph Guresky
assistant editor

Music Department

Joe Tuley
music editor

Lyn Murray
conductor, orchestrator

Jack Pleis
orchestrator

Albert Woodbury
orchestrator

Transportation Department

Kelly Aldrich
transportation coordinator

Charles Randazzo
transportation captain

Other Crew

Adell Aldrich
script supervisor

Walter Blake
title designer

George F. Deal
technical advisor

Alvin Greenman
dialogue supervisor

Lynn Guthrie
liaison: Lorimar

Lynn Kuwahara
location manager

Arthur Wilde
unit publicist

Production Company

Airone Productions
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Lorimar Film Entertainment
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PAC Cinematografica
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Distributor

Universal Pictures

Concorde Film

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

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