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Poltergeist Cast & Characters

Poltergeist (1982) stars JoBeth Williams as Diane Freeling, Craig T. Nelson as Steve Freeling and Beatrice Straight as Dr. Lesh. The horror movie was released October 29, 1982. Below is the full cast and crew.

PG 1982 · 1h 54m 72 Audience

Available on Apple TV

Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Tobe Hooper

Screenplay

Michael Grais , Steven Spielberg , Mark Victor

Story

Steven Spielberg

Producers

Frank Marshall , Steven Spielberg

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography

Matthew F. Leonetti

Editor

Michael Kahn

Production design

James H. Spencer

Casting

Marci Liroff , Mike Fenton , Jane Feinberg

Full cast

24 cast members

JoBeth Williams

Craig T. Nelson

Beatrice Straight

Dominique Dunne

Heather O'Rourke

Carol Anne Freeling

Robbie Freeling

Zelda Rubinstein

Tangina Barrons

Dr. Marty Casey

Michael McManus

Clair E. Leucart

Bulldozer Driver

Additional Dialogue Replacement (voice)

Craig Simmons

Implosion Man

Crew by department

32 crew members

Directing

John R. Leonetti

First Assistant Camera

Matthew F. Leonetti

Director of Photography

Second Assistant Director

Writing

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Production

Steven Spielberg

Kathleen Kennedy

Associate Producer

Editing

Sound

Sound Effects Editor

Richard L. Anderson

Supervising Sound Editor

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

Art

Cheryal Kearney

Set Decoration

James H. Spencer

Production Design

Visual Effects

Special Effects

Animation Supervisor

Visual Effects Supervisor

Costume & Makeup

Dorothy J. Pearl

Toni-Ann Walker

Casting

Other

Glenn Randall Jr.

Stunt Coordinator