Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
Fred Astaire
Ricky Hawthorne
Melvyn Douglas
Dr. John Jaffrey
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Edward Charles Wanderley
John Houseman
Sears James
Craig Wasson
Don Wanderley / David Wanderley
Patricia Neal
Stella Hawthorne
Alice Krige
Eva Galli / Alma Mobley
Jacqueline Brookes
Milly
Miguel Fernandes
Gregory Bates
Lance Holcomb
Fenny Bates
Mark Chamberlin
Young John Jaffrey
Tim Choate
Young Ricky Hawthorne
Kurt Johnson
Young Edward Wanderley
Ken Olin
Young Sears James
Brad Sullivan
Sheriff Hardesty
Michael O'Neill
Churchill
Guy Boyd
Omar Norris
Robert Burr
Principal
Helena Carroll
Mrs. Meredith
Robin Curtis
Rea Dedham
Breon Gorman
Nettie Dedham
James Greene
Mailman
Ruth Hunt
Florence
Deborah Offner
Helen
Virginia Bingham
Sears' Mother
William F. Conway
Sears' Father
Russell R. Bletzer
Reverend Wilkinson
Terrance Mario Carnes
Waiter
Alfred Curven
Man in Coffin
Edward F. Dillon
Judge
Alvin W. Fretz
Coroner
Hugh Hires
Student Solt
Raymond J. Quinn
Ricky's Father
Barbara von Zastrow
Ricky's Mother
Betty Low
Irmengard
Mason Cardiff
Schoolboy
Gale Grindle
Student
Burt Weissbourd
Producer
Tom Rolf
Editor
Lawrence D. Cohen
Screenplay
John Irvin
Director
Peter Straub
Novel
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Ronald G. Smith
Associate Producer
Douglas Green
Co-Producer
Norman Newberry
Art Direction
Production Design
Mike Fenton
Casting
Carl Fullerton
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Robert Latham Brown
Production Manager
Rick Baker
Dan Kolsrud
First Assistant Director
William Apperson
Construction Foreman
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Albert Jeyte
Makeup Artist
James R. Alexander
Sound
May Routh
Costume Design
Rick Sharp
Mary Ann Biddle
Set Decoration
Philip Leto
Hairstylist
Dean Lyras
Second Assistant Director
James Allen
Assistant Decorator
Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
Susan Turner
Suzanne E. Petersen
Production Assistant
John Zemansky
Property Master
Peter Knight
Conductor
Reggie Newkirk
First Assistant Camera
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Effects Editor
Dick Mingalone
Camera Operator
Robert Jiras
Allan Bromberg
Assistant Sound Editor
Samuel C. Crutcher
David Pettijohn
Stanley H. Polinsky
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Caper Jr.
Music Coordinator
Michel Mention
Orchestrator
Irving Buchman
John Roesch
Foley Artist
Lou Barlia
Michael Ripps
Assistant Editor
Henry Millar Jr.
Special Effects
Bobby Brown
Assistant Camera
Syd Dutton
Matte Painter
Peter T. Myers
John J. Stephens
Ted Varnadoe
Electrician
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Larry Carow
Robert L. Hoyt
Sound Recordist
Sonny P. Filippini
Script Supervisor
Harry Betts
Phill Norman
Title Designer
Patrick A. DiCocco
Production Driver
Mark Server
Boom Operator
Mike Henry
Dick Smith
Erik Cord
Stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.
Stunt Coordinator
Steve Johnson
