Stealing Through Time: On the Writings of Jack Finney (32 page)

Reinhold Shiffner — Louis Nye

Earl — Robert Q. Lewis

Girl — Joyce Jameson

Irene — Anne Seymour

Jack Bailey — Charles Lane

Edna — Linda Watkins

Phil Reisner — Peter Hobbs

Sonny Blatchford — Tris Coffin

Larry Boling — Neil Hamilton

Miss Halverson — Rizza Royce

Millard Mellner —William Forrest

The Hi-Los — The Hi-Los

Simon Nurdlinger — Edward G. Robinson

Taragon — Bernie Kopell

Wyeth — Patrick Waltz

Hausner —William Bryant

Jenna —Vickie Cos

Ardis — Kym Karath

Marsha — Quinn O'Hara

McVale — Hal Taggart

Gloria — Jan Brooks

French waiter — Peter Camlin

Assistant director — Tom Anthony

Mrs. Burke — Bess Flowers

Hertz commercial man — Dave Ketchum

Drunk — Gil Lamb

Milkman — Harry Ray

Postman — Joe Palma

TV director — David Swift

Belly dancer — Zanouba

Receptionist — Barbara Bouchet

(Additional cast information from "Good Neighbor Sam (1964). 5 Nov. 2003 movies.go.com.)

Assault on a Queen

Released in 1966 by Paramount

Screenplay by Rod Serling

From the novel by Jack Finney

Produced by William Goetz

Directed by Jack Donohue

• Cast •

Mark — Frank Sinatra

Rosa — Virna Lisi

Rossiter — Tony Franciosa

Moreno — Richard Conte

Lauffnauer — Alf Kjellin

Linc — Errol John

Captain — Murray Matheson

Master-at-arms — Reginald Denny

Bank manager — John Warburton

Doctor — Lester Matthews

Trench — Val Avery

1st officer — Gilchrist Stuart

2d officer — Ronald Long

3d officer — Leslie Bradley

4th officer — Arthur E. Gould-Porter

Junior officer — Laurence Conroy

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Released in 1978 by United Artists

Screenplay by W.D. Richter

Based on the novel
The Body Snatchers
by Jack Finney

Produced by Robert H. Solo

Directed by Philip Kaufman

• Cast •

Matthew Bennell — Donald Sutherland

Elizabeth Driscoll — Brooke Adams

Jack Bellicec — Jeff Goldblum

Nancy Bellicec — Veronica Cartwright

Geoffrey — Art Hindle

Katherine — Lelia Goldoni

Dr. David Kibner — Leonard Nimoy

Running man — Kevin McCarthy

Taxi driver — Don Siegel

Ted Hendley — Tom Luddy

Stan — Stan Ritchie

Mr. Gianni — David Fisher

Detective — Tom Dahlgren

Boccardo — Gary Goodrow

Restaurant owner — Jerry Walter

Chef — Maurice Argent

Street barker — Sam Conti

Mr. Tong — Wood Moy

Mrs. Tong — R. Wong

Outraged woman — Rose Kaufman

Beggar — Joe Bellan

Policeman #1 — Sam Hiona

Policeman #2 — Lee McVeigh

Rodent man—Albert Nalbandian

School teacher — Lee Mines

Maxie

Released in 1985 by Orion Pictures

Screenplay by Patricia Resnick

Based upon
Marion's Wall
by Jack Finney

Produced by Carter De Haven

Directed by Paul Aaron

• Cast •

Jan/Maxie — Glenn Close

Nick — Mandy Patinkin

Mrs. Lavin — Ruth Gordon

Bishop Campbell — Barnard Hughes

Miss Sheffer — Valerie Curtin

Father Jerome — Googy Gress

Cleopatra Director — Michael Ensign

Commercial Director — Michael Laskin

Art Isenberg — Lou Cutell

Bartender — Nelson Welch

E.T. Reporter — Leeza Gibbons

Channel 4 Announcer — Evan White

Mr. Chu — Harry Wong

Policeman — Charles Douglas Laird

Assistant Director — David Sosna

Charity Patron — Hugo Stanger

Trainer — John O'Neill

Usher — Eddie Wong

Exercise Class Ladies — Pauline Bluestone, Rebecca Greenfield, Jinaki Jobyna Phillips, Gayle Vance

Chinese Movie Patrons — Glen Chin Nancie Kawata Conan Lee

Mr. San Francisco — Cyril Magnin

Reporter — Michael Jordan

Magazine Attendant — Alan Gin

Street Bum — Tony Amendola

Al the Dog — Nelson

Body Snatchers

Released in 1993 by Warner Brothers

Screenplay by Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, and Nicholas St. Joh

Screen story by Raymond Cistheri and Larry Cohen

Based on the novel
The Body Snatchers
by Jack Finney

Produced by Robert H. Solo

Directed by Abel Ferrara

• Cast •

Marti Malone — Gabrielle Anwar

Steve Malone — Terry Kinney

Tim Young — Billy Wirth

Jenn Platt — Christine Elise

Gen. Platt — R. Lee Ermey

Pete — G. Elvis Phillips

Andy Malone — Reilly Murphy

Mrs. Platt — Kathleen Doyle

Dr. Collins — Forest Whitaker

Carol Malone — Meg Tilly

Platt's aide — Stanley Small

Teacher — Tonea Stewart

Soldier at gas station — Keith Smith

Gas attendant — Winston E. Grant

MP gate captain — Phil Neilson

MP #1 — Timothy P. Brown

MP #2 — Thurman L. Combs

Soldier #1 — Sylvia Small

Red — Adrian Unveragh

Neighbor — Johnny L. Smith

MP #3 — Allen Perada

Medic — Candy Orsini

Man in infirmary — Marty Lyons

MP #4 — Rick Kangrga

MP #5 — Michael Cohen

Pod soldier — Kimberly L. Cole

G.I. #1 — James P. Monoghan

G.I. #2 — Craig Lockhart

Alien woman — Darian Taylor

Body double Meg — Jennifer

The Invasion

Released in 2007 by Warner Brothers

Screenplay by David Kajganich

Based on the novel
 
The Body Snatchers
 
by Jack Finney

Produced by Joel Silver

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

• Cast •

Carol Bennell — Nicole Kidman

Ben Driscoll — Daniel Craig

Tucker Kaufman — Jeremy Northam

Dr. Stephen Galeano — Jeffrey Wright

Wendy Lenk — Veronica Cartwright

Dr. Henryk Belicec — Josef Sommer

Ludmilla Belicec — Celia Weston

Yorish — Roger Rees

Gene — Eric Benjamin

Pam — Susan Floyd

Carly — Stephanie Barry

Belicec's Aide — Alexis Raben

Richard Lenk — Adam LeFevre

Joan Kaufman — Joanna Merlin

Census Taker — Field Blauvelt

Dina Twain — Rhonda Overby

NASA Official — Reid Sasser

John — Brandon Price

Mrs. Cunningham — Ava Lenet

Dog Owner — Michael Kelly

Andy — Jeremiah Hake

Cop in Tunnel — Luray Cooper

Panicked Woman in Tunnel — Nanna Ingvarsson

Transit Cop — Jeff Wincott

News Stand Vendor — Wes Johnson

Mrs. Robinson — Becky Woodley

Man in Rags — Parker Webb

Sobbing Teen — Cloie Wyatt Taylor

Field Reporter — John Colton

Tucker's Colleague — John Leslie Wolfe

Butler — Michael Stone Forrest

Subway Girl — Tara Garwood

Sleep Deprived Screamer — Genevieve Adell

Helpful Cop — Derren Fuentes

Boy in Train Station — Benjamin Bullard

Elderly Lady — Jean Schertler

Security Guard — James Bouchet

Television

"Time Is Just a Place"

Broadcast on April 16, 1955, in syndication as part of the series,
Science 
Fiction Theatre

Screenplay by Lee Berg

From a short story by Jack Finney

Directed by Jack Arnold

• Cast •

Al Brown — Don DeFore

Nell Brown — Marie Windsor

Ted Heller — Warren Stevens

Ann Heller — Peggy O'Connor

"All My Clients Are Innocent"

Broadcast on April 17, 1962, on the ABC television network as part of 
the series,
Alcoa Premiere

Teleplay by Jameson Brewer

Story by Jack Finney

• Cast •

Max Mclntyre — Barry Morse

Alan Michaels — Richard Davalos

Carl Balderson — Vic Morrow

Cora Pierson — Joan Staley

Martha — Mari Aldon

Nurse — Lillian Bronson

(Credits and cast from "Guest Appearances for 'Alcoa Premiere.'" 15 Mar 2005 imdb.com and "Alcoa Premiere —All My Clients Are Innocent."
TV Tome.
17 Dec. 2004)

"Such Interesting Neighbors"

Broadcast on March 20, 1987, on the NBC television network as part 
of the series,
Amazing Stories

Teleplay by Mick Garris and Tom McLoughlin

Based upon the story by Jack Finney

Directed by Graham Baker

• Cast •

Al Lewis — Frederick Coffin

Nel Lewis — Marcia Strassman

Randy Lewis — Ian Fried

Ann Hellenbeck — Victoria Caitlin

Fed Hellenbeck — Adam Ant

Brad Hellenbeck — Ryan McWhorter

(Credits and cast from Brown, Michael L., and Loren Heisey. "Amazing Stories." 12 May 2004 <
http://www.innermind.com/my guides/guides/am_story.htm
>.)

"The Love Letter"

Broadcast on February 1, 1998, on the CBS television network as part 
of the
Hallmark Hall of Fame
series

Screenplay by James Henerson and Pamela Gray

Based on a story by Jack Finney

Produced by Dan Curtis and Lynn Raynor

Directed by Dan Curtis

• Cast •

Scotty Corrigan — Campbell Scott

Elizabeth Whitcomb — Jennifer Jason Leigh

Everett Reagle — David Dukes

Beatrice Corrigan — Estelle Parsons

Debra Zabriskie — Daphne Ashbrook

Clarice Whitcomb — Myra Carter

Warren Whitcomb — Gerrit Graham

Mae Mullen — Irma P. Hall

Jacob Campbell — Richard Woods

(Credits from Joyner, Will. "Television Review; A May-December, of Sorts."
New York Times
31 January 1998: B13.)

Stage

This Winter's Hobby

Performed in New Haven, Connecticut, from March 23, 1966, to 
March 26, 1966, at the Shubert Theater

Performed in Philadelphia from March 28, 1966, to April 9, 1966, at 
the Walnut Street Theater

Written by Jack Finney

Directed by Donald McWhinnie

• Cast •

Charles Bishop — E.G. Marshall

Duffy Bishop — Nan Martin

Arnold — William Hickey

Tommy — Michael Beckett

Laura Amling — Martha Bundy

Sheriff McCarthy — Norman Bly