The Parallax View

"As American as apple pie."

An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

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Warren Beatty

Joseph Frady

Paula Prentiss

Lee Carter

William Daniels

Austin Tucker

Walter McGinn

Jack Younger

Hume Cronyn

Bill Rintels

Kelly Thordsen

Sheriff L.D. Wicker

Chuck Waters

Thomas Richard Linder

Earl Hindman

Deputy Red

William Joyce

Senator Charles Carroll

Betty Murray

Mrs. Charles Carroll

Bill McKinney

Parallax Assassin

Jo Ann Harris

Chrissy - Frady's Girl

Ted Gehring

Schecter - Hotel Clerk

Lee Pulford

Shirley - Salmontail Bar Girl

Doria Cook-Nelson

Gale - Blond Salmontail Bar Girl

Jim Davis

George Hammond

Joan Lemmo

Organist

Kenneth Mars

Former FBI Agent Will

William Jordan

Tucker's Aide

Edward Winter

Senator Jameson

Stacy Keach, Sr.

Commission Spokesman #1

Ford Rainey

Commission Spokesman #2

Alma Beltran

Joy Holder

Richard Bull

Parallax Goon

Suzanne Cohane

Stewardess

Ronda Copland

Girl

Joe Di Reda

Ralph Scoletta

Patsy Garrett

Woman

Penelope Gillette

Woman

Robert P. Lieb

Senator Gillingham

William Swan

Herbert Moon

John S. Ragin

Buster Himan

Vernon Weddle

Harry Lutz

Anthony Zerbe

Prof. Nelson Schwartzkopf (uncredited)

Shirley Anthony

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Craig R. Baxley

C.I.A. Agent - Top of Space Needle (uncredited)

Jack Berle

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Garrett Cassell

Dopey (uncredited)

Eddie Garrett

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Dorothy Hack

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

George Hickman

Committee Member (uncredited)

George Hoagland

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Kathryn Janssen

Woman in Building (uncredited)

Steve Kelley

Class President (uncredited)

John Marlin

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Michael David McGuire

Assassination Witness (uncredited)

Bill Scully

Committee Member (uncredited)

George Tracy

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Glenn R. Wilder

Parallax Agent (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lee Harvey Oswald

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John XXIII.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Loren Singer

Novel

Alan J. Pakula

Director

David Giler

Screenplay

Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Screenplay

Frank L. Thompson

Costume Design

Hawk Koch

First Assistant Director

George Holmes

Gaffer

Reg Allen

Set Decoration

Charles H. Maguire

Production Manager

Jon Boorstin

Production Assistant

Paul Baxley

Stunt Coordinator

Chris Schwiebert

Camera Operator

Don Record

Art Designer

Karen Hale Wookey

Script Supervisor

David Dockendorf

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Tim Smyth

Special Effects

John M. Poer

Second Assistant Director

Barbara Spitz

Production Secretary

Dudley Holmes

Property Master

Tom Overton

Sound Mixer

Charles Grenzbach

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

William Turner

Makeup Artist

Robert Towne

Additional Writing

Michael Small

Original Music Composer

Joe Scully

Casting

Alan J. Pakula

Producer

Gabriel Katzka

Executive Producer

Charles H. Maguire

Associate Producer

Alixe Gordin

Casting

Gordon Willis

Director of Photography

John W. Wheeler

Editor

George Jenkins

Production Design

Craig R. Baxley

Stunt Double

Robert Jiras

Associate Producer

Rick Simpson

Leadman

Glenn R. Wilder

Stunts

Denny Arnold

Stunts

Tommy J. Huff

Stunts

Chuck Waters

Stunts

Brian Hamill

Still Photographer

Michael Small

Conductor

Michael Small

Orchestrator

Israel Baker

Musician

Carl Fortina

Musician

Anatol Kaminsky

Musician

Michael Melvoin

Musician

Larry Muhoberac

Musician

Mark Z. Stevens

Musician

Tommy Tedesco

Musician