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Average
MASTER SCORE 50.5 / 100
1974·Crime / Mystery / Thriller·1h 50m

MAN ON A SWING

“Clairvoyant. Occultist. Murderer. Which?”

When a young schoolteacher is found dead in her car in a parking lot in broad daylight, police chief Lee Tucker can find no clues pointing to her killer. Flamboyant self-proclaimed psychic Franklin Wills offers his help to the skeptical policeman, and, when his supposed visions about the case begin to reveal clues and information that only the killer could possibly have known, he becomes a suspect himself.

Above the Line
Frank Perry·DirectorDavid Zelag Goodman·ScreenplayWilliam Arthur Clark·BookAdam Holender·Director of PhotographyLalo Schifrin·Original Music ComposerSidney Katz·Editor
Cast
Cliff Robertson·Lee TuckerJoel Grey·Franklin WillsDorothy Tristan·Janet TuckerElizabeth Wilson·Dr. Anna WillsonGeorge Voskovec·Dr. Nicholas HolnarRon Weyand·Dr. Philip FuscoPeter Masterson·Willie YoungerLane Smith·Ted RonanJoe Ponazecki·Dan LloydChristopher Allport·Richie Tom Keating
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 3
Frank Perry·DirectorWilliam Eustace·Second Assistant DirectorMaggie James·Script Supervisor
Writing· 2
David Zelag Goodman·ScreenplayWilliam Arthur Clark·Book
Camera· 5
Adam Holender·Director of PhotographyGary Muller·Second Assistant CameraEdward Knott·Key GripMuky·Still PhotographerFred Schuler·Camera Operator
Editing· 1
Sidney Katz·Editor
Sound & Music· 8
Lalo Schifrin·Original Music ComposerJames Perdue·Sound RecordistDan Carlin Sr.·Music EditorLalo Schifrin·ConductorDick Vorisek·Sound RecordistJack C. Jacobsen·Sound MixerDan Sable·Sound EditorArthur Bloom·Boom Operator
Art & Design· 4
Joel Schiller·Production DesignRuth Morley·Costume DesignHubert J. Oates·Set DecorationWalter Stocklin·Property Master
Production· 5
Howard B. Jaffe·ProducerTom Folino·Executive AssistantGerald S. Paonessa·Producer's AssistantSusan Shonnard·Executive AssistantNoni Rock·Production Office Coordinator
Other Departments· 2
Jim Hagerman·Wardrobe MasterStanley Cappiello·Scenic Artist
By the Numbers
50.5
OF 100
Master Score
6.6
OF 10
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