The Driver (1978)


The Driver
Release Date08 June 1978
TaglineHe'll get you away faster than anyone else on wheels.
GenreCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsDowntown, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor

The Driver is a 1978 crime film directed by Walter Hill and starring Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, and Isabelle Adjani. The film is notable for its impressive car chases and no frills style of filmmaking.


Cast and Crew


Cast

The Driver

The Detective

The Player

The Connection

Red Plainclothesman

Gold Plainclothesman

Joseph Walsh
Glasses

Teeth

Denny Macko
Exchange Man

Frank Bruno
The Kid

Will Walker
Fingers

Sandy Brown Wyeth
Split

Frizzy

Richard Carey
Floorman

Fidel Corona
Card Player

Victor Gilmour
Boardman

Nick Dimitri
Blue Mask

Bob Minor
Green Mask

Angelo Lamonea
Patron

Patrick Burns
Patron

Karen Kleiman
Patron

Thomas Myers
Passenger

Bill McConnell
Passenger

Commuter

William Hasley
Commuter

Uniformed Cop

Director

Writer

Producer

Lawrence Gordon
producer

associate producer

Original Music

Michael Small
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Cinematographer

Philip H. Lathrop

Editor

Tina Hirsch
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Robert K. Lambert
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Casting Director

Jane Feinberg
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Mike Fenton
-

Production Designer

Art Director

David M. Haber

Set Decorator

Darrell Silvera
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Costume Designer

Jack Bear
-

Robert Cornwall
-

Jennifer L. Parsons
-

Makeup Department

Gary Liddiard
makeup artist

Shirley Padgett
hair stylist

Production Manager

Russell Saunders
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Lisa Hallas
second assistant director

Pat Kehoe
assistant director

Jonathan Giles Zimmerman
trainee assistant director

Sound Department

William Hartman
sound effects editor

Michael Hilkene
sound effects editor

John Kline
sound effects editor

Theodore Soderberg
sound re-recording mixer

Richard Sperber
sound effects editor

Richard Wagner
production sound mixer

Paul Wells
sound re-recording mixer

Douglas O. Williams
sound re-recording mixer

Donald C. Rogers
technical director of sound

Special Effects

Charles Spurgeon
special effects

Stunts

Mickey Alzola
stunts

William H. Burton
stunts

Diane Carter
stunts

Bobby Clark
stunts

Everett Creach
stunt coordinator

Chris Howell
stunts

Gene McLaughlin
stunts

Gerald L. Ray
stunts

Robert Sizer
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Bill Johnson
camera operator

Wilbur Kinnett
gaffer

Carl Manoogian
key grip

Steve Yaconelli
camera operator

Editorial Department

Jere Huggins
assistant editor

Ron Smith
assistant editor

Music Department

John R. Harris
music editor

orchestrator

Kenneth Wannberg
music editor

Transportation Department

William Hogue
driver

Other Crew

Don Kruger
location manager

Cassandra Oliva
script supervisor

B.J. Smith
set paramedic

Production Company

EMI Films
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

CBS Television

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

CBS/Fox Home Video

Kinowelt Home Entertainment

VTI Home Vídeo

Miscellaneous

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
camera dollies

DeLuxe Laboratories
color by

Intrada
score album released by






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