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Rooster (film)

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Rooster
GenreDrama
Written byGlen A. Larson
Paul Williams
Directed byRuss Mayberry
StarringPaul Williams
Pat McCormick
J. D. Cannon
Ed Lauter
Jill St. John
Kathrine Baumann
Music byStu Phillips
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerGlen A. Larson
CinematographyChuck Arnold (as Charles G. Arnold)
EditorDavid Howe
Running time85 minutes
Production companies20th Century Fox Television
Glen A. Larson Productions
Tugboat Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseAugust 19, 1982 (1982-08-19)

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.

Plot summary

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A physically small police psychologist (Paul Williams) and a physically large insurance detective (Pat McCormick) team up on an arson case.

Cast

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Follow-ons

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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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