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The Turning Point Cast & Characters

The Turning Point (1977) stars Anne Bancroft as Emma, Shirley MacLaine as Deedee and Tom Skerritt as Wayne. The drama movie was released November 18, 1977. Below is the full cast and crew.

PG 1977 · 1h 59m 66 Audience

Movie Trailers

Movie Trailers

Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Herbert Ross

Screenplay

Arthur Laurents

Producers

Nora Kaye , Arthur Laurents , Herbert Ross

Music

John Lanchbery , Duke Ellington , Carl Czerny , Frédéric Chopin , Sergei Prokofiev , Henryk Wieniawski , Adolphe Adam , Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Ludwig Minkus

Cinematography

Robert Surtees

Editor

William Reynolds

Production design

Albert Brenner

Costume design

Albert Wolsky

Casting

Juliet Taylor , David Graham

Full cast

39 cast members

Shirley MacLaine

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Antoinette Sibley

Starr Danias

Carolyn

Marshall Thompson

Phillip Saunders

Ethan

Jurgen Schneider

Peter

Dennis Nahat

Dennis

Hilda Morales

Sandra

Saax Bradbury

Florence

Alexander Minz

Boys Class Teacher

Howard Barr

Rehearsal Pianist

Martha Johnston

Rehearsal Pianist

Anne Barlow

Ballet Mistress

Enrique Martinez

Ballet Master

James Crittenden

Artist of American Ballet Theatre

Fernando Bujones

Artist of American Ballet Theatre

Richard Cragun

Artist of American Ballet Theatre

Suzanne Farrell

Artist of American Ballet Theatre

Artist of American Ballet Theatre

Artist of American Ballet Theatre

Marianna Tcherkassky

Artist of American Ballet Theatre

Clark Tippet

Artist of American Ballet Theatre

Martine Van Hamel

Artist of American Ballet Theatre

Nanette Glushak

Self (uncredited)

Waiter (uncredited)

Self (uncredited)

Alexandra Danilova

Madame Dahkarova

Crew by department

64 crew members

Directing

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Writing

Arthur Laurents

Production

Arthur Laurents

Executive Producer

Roger M. Rothstein

Associate Producer

Roger M. Rothstein

Production Manager

Camera

Willie Meyerhoff

Daniel R. Jordan

Louis Cappeta

Key Grip

Camera Operator

Warren Rothenberger

Camera Operator

Editing

William Reynolds

Michael E. Polakow

Assistant Editor

Sound

Richard Sperber

William Hartman

Dialogue Editor

Production Sound Mixer

Theodore Soderberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Music

George Korngold

Original Music Composer

Art

Gregg H. Bilson

Property Master

Joseph M. Caracciolo

Property Master

Production Design

Hendrik Wynands

Construction Coordinator

Costume & Makeup

Kathryn Blondell

Hairstylist

Charles H. Schram

Jennifer L. Parsons

Wardrobe Designer

Wardrobe Designer

Casting

Other

Frédéric Chopin

Henryk Wieniawski

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Sergei Prokofiev

Alexander Minz

Choreographer

Dennis Nahat

Choreographer

Frederick Ashton

George Balanchine

John Cranko

Choreographer

Kenneth MacMillan

Saax Bradbury

Dialect Coach

Wayne Fitzgerald