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The Prodigal Son

Synopsis
Credits
Script

JARED MARTIN
as
Harrison Blackwood

LYNDA MASON GREEN
as
Suzanne McCullough

PHILIP AKIN
as
Norton Drake

and
RICHARD CHAVES
as
Colonel Ironhorse

Created by
GREG STRANGIS

WAR OF THE WORLDS

"THE PRODIGAL SON"

Special Guest Stars
JAMES PURCELL
ROBERT MORELLI
and
JOHN COLICOS
as
Quinn

Music by
BILLY THORPE

Additional Music by
LARRY BROWN

Production Designer
GAVIN MITCHELL

Executive Script Consultant
TOM LAZARUS

Creative Consultant
HERBERT WRIGHT

Produced by
JONATHAN HACKETT

Teleplay by
HERBERT WRIGHT

Story by
PATRICK BARRY

Directed by
GEORGE McCOWAN

Executive Producers
SAM STRANGIS
GREG STRANGIS

Post Production Consultant
BERNIE LARAMIE

Director of Photography
RON STANNETT, C.S.C.

Canadian Casting
BRIAN LEVY, C.D.C.

Los Angeles Casting
CARO JONES, C.S.A.

Also Starring

 
BORIS KHAIMOVICH  Alien Cop
ELLIOT McIVER  Cop
MICHAEL RUDDER  Advocate #3
ILSE VON GLATZ  Advocate #2
 

Featuring

 
DAVID CALDERISI  Advocate #1
RANDALL CARPENTER  Margo
JIM YIP  Hwang
DAN DELABBIO  Sanchez
 

Alien Prosthetics by
BILL STURGEON

Costume Designer
LEONIE REID

Production Manager
SUSAN MURDOCH

First Assistant Director
DAVID MARKOWITZ
Second Assistant Director
GLORIA LEE
Third Assistant Directors
LINDA FOX - MEGAN BANNING

SECOND UNIT

Director
DAVID WARRY-SMITH

Director of Photography
GORDON LANGEVIN

 
Art Director  ROLF HARVEY
Set Decorator  GARETH WILSON
Property Master  DAN BEZAIRE
Continuity Supervisor  SUSIE MARUCCI
Production Coordinator  NAN SKIBA
 
Gaffer  IRA COHEN
Key Grip  MARK MANCHESTER
Special Effects Coordinator  MARIANNE KLEIN
Transportation Coordinator  EDDIE BOWMAN
Location Manager  DAVID COOMBS
Production Auditor  HEATHER McINTOSH
 
Sound Mixer  ROSS REDFERN
Make Up Artist  JANE MEADE
Hairstylist  MAXINE RENNES
Wardrobe Mistress  ISABEL DEBIASIO
Action Coordinator  TED HANLAN
Extras Casting  GABRIELLE IVINEY
Assistant to the
Producers 
SUSAN PERRY
 

Post Production Supervisor
E. A. JEMISON-BALL

Editor
STEVE WESLAK

Assistant Editor
STEWART DOWDS

Post Production Coordinator
MARY JANE PATTERSON

 
Sound Supervisor  JANIS GABBERT
Sound Editor  GEORGE SOLAKOFSKI
Dubbing Mixer  DAVID APPLEBY
Special Effects Editor  TONY HAYMAN
Graphics Artist  KIM DAVIDSON
 
Video Post
Production Facilities 
MAGNETIC NORTH
CORPORATION
Post Production Sound  ZAZA SOUND
Main Title &
Computer Graphics 
SIDE EFFECTS
Miniature Photography  LIGHT & MOTION
Film Lab  PFA LABS
Executive in Charge
of Production 
BOB WERTHEIMER
 

Vehicles from FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Edited on EDIFLEX (TM)
Computers by HONEYWELL BULL LTD.
"The Far Side" Cartoons by Gary Larson,
Courtesy of Chronicle Features.
Telecommunications Equipment supplied by
MITEL CORPORATION
Custom Edged Weapons Designed and Made by
JACK CRAIN
Special Sound Effects Done on ADAP Furnished by
HYBRID ARTS

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