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| Michael Moriarty | ... | Jimmy Quinn | |
| Candy Clark | ... | Joan | |
| David Carradine | ... | Shepard | |
| Richard Roundtree | ... | Powell | |
| James Dixon | ... | Lt. Murray | |
| Malachy McCourt | ... | Commissioner | |
| Fred J. Scollay | ... | Capt. Fletcher | |
| Peter Hock | ... | Det. Clifford | |
| Ron Cey | ... | Det. Hoberman | |
| Mary Louise Weller | ... | Mrs. Pauley | |
| Bruce Carradine | ... | The Victim | |
| John Capodice | ... | Doyle | |
| Tony Page | ... | Webb | |
| Larkin Ford | ... | Curator | |
| Larry Pine | ... | The Professor | |
| Eddie Jones | ... | The Watchman | |
| Shelly Desai | ... | Kahea | |
| Lee Louis | ... | Officer Banyon | |
| Fred Morsell | ... | First Robber | |
| Ed Kovens | ... | Second Robber | |
| Richard Duggan | ... | Construction Worker | |
| Jennifer Howard | ... | Newscaster | |
| David Snell | ... | Attorney | |
| Larry Silvestri | ... | Policeman | |
| Perry Genovese | ... | Policeman | |
| Gabriel Wohl | ... | Policeman | |
| Nancy Stafford | ... | Eyewitness | |
| Bobbi Burns | ... | Sunbather |
Directed by | |||
| Larry Cohen | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Larry Cohen | writer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Robert O. Ragland | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Robert Levi | |||
| Fred Murphy | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Armond Lebowitz | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Dennis Eger | .... | special makeup | |
| Steve Neill | .... | special makeup effects | |
| Rick Stratton | .... | special makeup effects | |
Production Management | |||
| Peter Sabiston | .... | executive in charge of production | |
| Michelle Solotar | .... | unit manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Sandy Berman | .... | sound designer | |
| Jane Landis | .... | boom operator | |
| T.A. Moore Jr. | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Dave Allen | .... | special visual effects supervisor | |
| Peter Kuran | .... | special visual effects artist | |
Stunts | |||
| Peter Hock | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Yuri Denysenko | .... | assistant camera: second unit | |
| Frederick Iannone | .... | first assistant camera | |
| Daniel Pearl | .... | additional photographer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Jim Finn | .... | negative cutter | |
Music Department | |||
| Arlon Ober | .... | music editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Anthony Baldasare | .... | production assistant | |
| Randall William Cook | .... | creature designer (as Randy Cook) | |
| Nancy Juliber | .... | production coordinator | |
| Dennis Murphy | .... | production coordinator | |
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Cohen is pretty goddamned erratic for an auteur. I mean, I don't think I've ever seen a movie with worse continuity; I don't think the constant lapses in screen direction are an homage to Godard; the character motivation is a mess. The newspaper headlines even have spelling mistakes for crying out loud. And every gruesome effort is made to avoid showing the titular winged serpent on screen. So why is this movie so cool? First of all, because it doesn't give a sh*t; second of all, because its subject matter takes us on an unprecedented and mesmerizing tour of the rooftops of NYC. And third of all because of that cast! I can't fling my stock epithet of 'stupid detectives' at Richard freakin' Roundtree and David by-the-Jesus Carradine, now can I? And I've never seen anything like Michael Moriarty's lead performance as a born-to-lose ex-junkie loudmouth opportunist with ego to burn. He's so mesmerizing you don't care about all the nervous cutting away from the sub-Harryhausen goings-on upstairs. In fact when you realize that Moriarty in Q equals Haze in Little Shop equals Miller in Bucket of Blood, the accretion of glaring imperfections starts to look like another form of loving tribute.