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| Rooster | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Glen A. Larson Paul Williams |
| Directed by | Russ Mayberry |
| Starring | Paul Williams Pat McCormick J. D. Cannon Ed Lauter Jill St. John Kathrine Baumann |
| Music by | Stu Phillips |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Glen A. Larson |
| Cinematography | Chuck Arnold (as Charles G. Arnold) |
| Editor | David Howe |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Production companies | 20th Century Fox Television Glen A. Larson Productions Tugboat Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | August 19, 1982 |
Rooster is a 1982 made-for-television film starring Paul Williams and Pat McCormick who were reunited after their pairing in the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Rooster is an unsold television pilot written and produced by Glen A. Larson for 20th Century Fox Television and broadcast as a two-hour movie on ABC on August 19, 1982 and was rebroadcast on July 24, 1983.
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Rooster Steele and Sweets McBride, played by Paul Williams and Pat McCormick, would reappear in "How Do I Kill Thee...Let Me Count the Ways" episode of The Fall Guy in 1983.
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