September 30, 1955
A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash.
Richard Thomas
Jimmy J.
Susan Tyrrell
Melba Lou
Deborah Benson
Charlotte
Lisa Blount
Billie Jean
Tom Hulce
Hanley
Dennis Quaid
Frank
Mary Kai Clark
Pat
Dennis Christopher
Eugene
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Jimmy J.'s Mother
Ben Fuhrman
Coach Haynes
Michael Lovell Farris
Edgar
Tom Bonner
Radio Announcer (voice)
Glen Irby
Band Director
Bryan Scott
Dickie
Bush Satterfield
Charlotte's Father
Katherine Satterfield
Charlotte's Mother
Betty Harford
Nurse
Ouida White
Aunt Ethel
James Dombek
Mr. Brown
Belynda Dix
Girl in Car
Melody Hamilton
Girl with Corsage
Ray Hemphill
Young Man in Truck
Morris 'Tex' Biggs
Old Man in Truck
John Pearce
TV Man
Pete Boggs
Mr. Phillips
Mark C Thomas
Boy with Radio
Paula Sanford
Girl with Radio
Freeman Mobley
Liquor Store Owner
Charles McCrary
Midnight
George Johnson
Midnight's Friend
Neal Moore
Drunk Boy in Dorm
Mark D. Andrews
Boy in Dorm
Ron Campbell
Boy at Liquor Store
Brian Brandt
B.O.
James Bridges
Director
Larry Jost
Sound
Chris Newman
Sound
Robert D. McBride
Assistant Camera
Mina Mittelman
Costumer
Jack Freeman
Makeup Artist
Louis Niemeyer
Second Assistant Camera
Leonard Rosenman
Orchestrator
Bettie Biery
Music Editor
Kevin F. Cleary
Sound
Patricia Zinn Etheridge
Costumer
Leonard Rosenman
Conductor
Cliff Bole
First Assistant Director
Fred T. Gallo
First Assistant Director
Kent Warner
Costumer
Leonard Rosenman
Original Music Composer
Don Zepfel
Second Assistant Director
Ralph Ferraro
Orchestrator
Jane Lockwood
Production Assistant
R.A. Rondell
Stunt Coordinator
Dorothea Long
Hairstylist
Kim Kurumada
Second Assistant Director
Gordon Ecker
Sound Effects Editor
Bob Larson
Production Executive
Keith Rateliff
Production Assistant
Robert Luthardt
Art Direction
James Bridges
Writer
Jeff Gourson
Editor
Gordon Willis
Director of Photography
Jerry Weintraub
Producer
Sharon Thomas
Set Decoration
Karen Hale Wookey
Script Supervisor
Kitty O'Neil
Stunt Double
Bob Larson
Unit Production Manager