Rooster (film)

This article is about the 1982 telemovie. For other uses, see Rooster (disambiguation).

Rooster
Genre	Drama
Written by	Glen A. Larson Paul Williams
Directed by	Russ Mayberry
Starring	Paul Williams Pat McCormick J. D. Cannon Ed Lauter Jill St. John Kathrine Baumann
Music by	Stu Phillips
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Glen A. Larson
Cinematography	Chuck Arnold (as Charles G. Arnold)
Editor	David Howe
Running time	85 minutes
Production companies	20th Century Fox Television Glen A. Larson Productions Tugboat Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	August 19, 1982 (1982-08-19)

Rooster is a 1982 made-for-television film starring Paul Williams and Pat McCormick who were reunited after their pairing in the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Rooster is an unsold television pilot written and produced by Glen A. Larson for 20th Century Fox Television and broadcast as a two-hour movie on ABC on August 19, 1982 and was rebroadcast on July 24, 1983.

Plot summary

A physically small police psychologist (Paul Williams) and a physically large insurance detective (Pat McCormick) team up on an arson case.

Cast

• Paul Williams as Rooster Steele
• Pat McCormick as Sweets McBride
• J. D. Cannon as Chief Willard T. Coburn
• Ed Lauter as Jack Claggert
• Jill St. John as Joanna Van Eegan
• Delta Burke as Laura DeVega
• Kathrine Baumann as Amy Hammond
• Charlie Callas as Francis A. Melville
• Henry Darrow as Dr. Sanchez
• Pamela Hensley as Bunny Richter
• Lara Parker as Janet
• William Daniels as Dr. DeVega
• John Saxon as Jerome Brademan
• Eddie Albert as Rev. Harlan Barnum
• Marie Osmond as Sister Mae Davis
• Dan Pastorini as Himself
• Dusty Baker as Himself
• Jerry Reuss as Himself
• Mike Scioscia as Himself

Follow-ons

Rooster Steele and Sweets McBride, played by Paul Williams and Pat McCormick, would reappear in "How Do I Kill Thee...Let Me Count the Ways" episode of The Fall Guy in 1983.

External links

• Rooster at IMDb