State Fair (1976)
Melissa and Jim Bryant live on an Iowa farm with their adult son Chuck, their adult daughter Karen, and their teenage son Wayne, who is a high school sophomore. Wayne is a talented singer and guitarist who dreams of country music stardom. Karen, newly separated from her husband, has recently rejoined the family with her own young son Tommy, who misses his father. This was a pilot film for a proposed television series that was not picked up.
Director: David Lowell Rich
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Vera Miles as Melissa Bryant |
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Tim O'Connor as Jim Bryant |
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Mitch Vogel as Wayne Bryant |
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Julie Cobb as Karen |
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Dennis Redfield as Chuck Bryant |
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Jeff Cotler as Tommy |
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Linda Purl as Bobbie Jean Shaw |
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W.T. Zacha as Catfish McKay |
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Jack Garner as Mr. Grant |
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Virginia Gregg as Miss Detweiler |
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Harry Moses as Ben Roper |
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Joel Stedman as David Clemens |
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Ivor Francis as Judge |
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Marc McClure as Boy at Fair |
| Production | William Self | Executive Producer |
| Directing | David Lowell Rich | Director |
| Writing | Richard Fielder | Writer |
| Production | M.J. Frankovich | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Frankovich | Associate Producer |
| Production | Robert L. Jacks | Producer |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Music |
| Sound | Laurence Rosenthal | Music |
| Sound | Harriet Schock | Music |
| Camera | Charles F. Wheeler | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mitch Vogel | Songs |
| Editing | Stanford Tischler | Editor |
| Production | Pam Polifroni | Casting |
| Production | Doris Sabbagh | Casting |
| Art | Archie J. Bacon | Art Direction |
| Production | Saul Wurtzel | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Cheryal Kearney | Set Designer |