Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill (1981)
The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.
Director: Reza Badiyi
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Robert Blake as Joe Dancer |
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JoBeth Williams as Tiffany Farinpour |
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Neva Patterson as Eliza Farinpour |
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James Gammon as Capt. Jake Jacqualone |
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Veronica Cartwright as Sister Theresa |
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Carol Wayne as Allegra Farinpour |
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Edward Winter as Jerrold Farinpour |
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Phillip R. Allen as Commissioner Wilkie |
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Sondra Blake as Charlie |
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Eileen Heckart as Sister Clara |
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Wilford Brimley as Wally Haskell |
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Kevyn Major Howard as David Farinpour |
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Kenneth Tigar as Trotter |
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Bubba Smith as Big Foot |
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Robert Phillips as Little Al |
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Marie Todd as |
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Tony Brubaker as Tony Brubaker |
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Helen Kelly as Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited) |
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John Lizzi as Boat Thug (uncredited) |
| Directing | Reza Badiyi | Director |
| Crew | E. Nick Alexander | Creative Consultant |
| Art | James Shanahan | Art Direction |
| Writing | Richard Parks | Story |
| Production | Robert Blake | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alan Godfrey | Producer |
| Writing | Allan Cole | Story |
| Art | Joseph A. Armetta | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Robert Blake | Creator |
| Writing | Richard Smith | Story |
| Editing | Gloryette Clark | Editor |
| Writing | Michael Butler | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Darryl Martell | Costume Design |
| Writing | Les Alexander | Story |
| Sound | George Romanis | Music |
| Camera | Sherman Kunkel | Director of Photography |
