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Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 Night of the Lepus
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Film Details - A.C. Lyles Productions , 1972

Producers:

A.C. Lyles.

Production Companies:

A.C. Lyles Productions.

Director of Photography:

Ted Voigtlander.

Editors:

John McSweeney Jr.

Production Designers:

Stan Jolley.

Composer:

Jimmie Haskell.

Cast:

Stuart Whitman (Roy Bennett), Janet Leigh (Gerry Bennett), Rory Calhoun (Cole Hillman), DeForest Kelley (Elgin Clark), Paul Fix (Sheriff Cody), Melanie Fullerton (Amanda Bennett), Chris Morrell (Jackie Hillman), Chuck Hayward (Jud), Henry Wills (Frank), Francesca Jarvis (Mildred), William Elliott (Dr Leopold), Bob Hardy (Professor Dirkson), Richard Jacome (Deputy Jason), Inez Perez (Housekeeper), Roy Gaintner (Walker), Evans Thornton (Major White), I. Stanford Jolley (Dispatcher), Robert Gooden (Leslie), Walter Kelley (Truck Driver), Frank Kennedy (Doctor), Don Starr (Cutler), Peter O'Crotty (Arlen), Phillip Avenetti (Officer Lopez), Russell Morrell (Priest), Donna Gelgur (Wife in Car), Steve 'Bunker' de France (Husband in Car), Sherry Hummer (Child in Car), Rick Hummer (Child in Car), and Jerry Dunphy (Television Newscaster).


Release Dates:

4 October 1972 (USA).

Location:

  • Filmed in Arizona.
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