Needful Things

The Movie (1993)

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Full cast & crew

Directed by

Fraser Clarke Heston

Writing credits (WGA)

Stephen King (book)

W.D. Richter (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Max von Sydow .... Leland Gaunt

Ed Harris .... Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn

Bonnie Bedelia .... Polly Chalmers

Amanda Plummer .... Netitia 'Nettie' Cobb

J.T. Walsh .... Danforth 'Buster' Keeton III

Ray McKinnon .... Deputy Norris Ridgewick

Duncan Fraser (II) .... Hugh Albert Priest

Valri Bromfield .... Wilma Wadlowski Jerzyck

Shane Meier .... Brian Rusk

William Morgan Sheppard .... Father Meehan

Don S. Davis .... Reverend Willie Rose

Campbell Lane .... Principal Frank Jewett

Eric Schneider (II) .... Henry Beaufort

Frank C. Turner (I) .... Pete Jerzyck

Gillian Barber (I) .... Myrtle Keeton

Deborah Wakeham (I) .... Myra Evans

Tamsin Kelsey .... Mrs. Ratcliffe

Lochlyn Munro .... Policeman John LaPointe

Bill Croft .... Policeman Andy Clutterbuck

Dee Jay Jackson .... Eddie Warburton

Ann Warn Pegg .... Ruth Roberts

Gary Paller .... George Cobb

Sarah Sawatsky .... Karen, 14 Year Old Girl

Robert Easton (I) .... Lester Pratt

Mike Chute .... Young Hugh

Mel Allen .... Baseball Announcer

Trevor Denman .... Race Track Announcer

rest of cast listed alphabetically

Lisa Blount .... Cora Rusk (uncredited)

Produced by

Jack Cummins .... producer

Gordon Mark (I) .... associate producer

Peter Yates (I) .... executive producer

Original Music by

Patrick Doyle (I)

Non-Original Music by

Edvard Grieg (from "Hall of the Mountain King" from "Peer Gynt")

Franz Schubert (from "Ave Maria")

Cinematography by

Tony Westman

Film Editing by

Rob Kobrin (I)

Casting by

Stuart Aikins

Mary Gail Artz

Barbara Cohen (III)

Production Design by

Douglas Higgins

Art Direction by

Sheila Haley

Set Decoration by

Dominique Fauquet-Lemaitre

Costume Design by

Monique Prudhomme

Makeup Department

Ian C. Ballard .... hair stylist

Sandy Cooper (I) .... makeup artist

Production Management

Gordon Mark (I) .... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Bonnie Benwick .... third assistant director

Anthony Brand (I) .... assistant director

Sandra Mayo .... second assistant director

Art Department

Doug Carnegie .... set dresser

Paul Jenkinson .... set dresser

Della Johnston .... set dresser

Macleod Sinclaire .... set dresser

Dan Sissons .... property master

Terry Weaver (II) .... props

Sound Department

Richard L. Anderson .... supervising sound editor

Eric Batut .... sound mixer

Matthew C. Beville .... sound recordist

Mike Chock .... sound editor

Michael Dittrick .... music editor

Ezra Dweck .... foley mixer

Chris Glyn-Jones .... boom operator

Roy Prendergast .... supervising music editor

Joan Rowe .... foley artist

Geoffrey G. Rubay .... sound effects editor

Charles E. Smith .... sound editor

Norval D. Crutcher III .... sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Gary Paller .... special effects

Visual Effects by

David Fuhrer (III) .... visual effects

Janek Sirrs .... visual effects

Stunts

Marc Akerstream .... stunts

Garvin Cross .... stunts

Bill Ferguson .... stunts

Yvette Ferguson .... stunts

Delaina-Lu Ganiskin .... stunts

Marty Huculiar .... stunts

Gary Lokken .... stunts

Rick Pearce .... stunts

Trish Schill .... stunts

Other crew

Lawrence Ashmore .... orchestrator

John Bell (II) .... orchestrator

Stewart Bethune .... location manager

Dillard Brinson .... key grip

Stephen S. Campanelli .... steadicam operator

Julian Chojnacki .... steadicam operator

Debbie Douglas (I) .... costume supervisor

Gil Forrester .... dolly grip

Tom Gregg .... best boy grip

Marilyn Heston .... unit publicist

Duncan MacGregor .... gaffer

Armin Matter .... camera operator

Christina Petford .... costumer

David Snell (III) .... conductor

Mark Solomon (I) .... assistant film editor

John Stronach .... music supervisor

Christine Wilson (I) .... script supervisor

Soundtrack info

* "Achy Breaky Heart"

Written by Don Von Tress

Performed by Billy Ray Cyrus

Courtesy of Mercury/Nashville

By arrangement with PolyGram Special Markets

* "Great Balls of Fire"

Written by Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer

Performed by Jerry Lee Lewis

Courtesy of PolyGram Special Markets

* "My Favourite Things"

Written by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein III

* "Ave Maria"

Composed by Franz Schubert

Arranged by Reg Powell

Performed by Nicole Tibbels

* "In The Hall Of The Mountain King"

From Peer Gynt Suite

Composed by Edvard Hagerut Grieg

* "Wild Man"

Written by Susan Longacre, Rick Giles

Performed by Rick Giles

Courtesy of Great Cumberland-Warner/Chappell

* "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"

Written by J.D. Miller

Performed by Kitty Wells

Courtesy of Dominion Entertainment, Inc.

Filming locations

Gibsons Landing, British Columbia, Canada

Formats available for purchase

VHS & DVD