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Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (TV Movie 1976) Poster

(1976 TV Movie)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Delbert Mann

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Curt Gentry ... (book)
Francis Gary Powers ... (book)
Robert E. Thompson

Cast (in credits order)  

Lee Majors ... Francis Gary Powers
Noah Beery Jr. ... Oliver Powers (as Noah Beery)
Nehemiah Persoff ... Rudenko
Brooke Bundy ... Barbara Powers
William Daniels ... Bissell
James Gregory ... James Donovan
Marcel Hillaire ... Charles De Gaulle
Alf Kjellin ... Ivan Vasilev
Biff McGuire ... John McCone
Jim McMullan ... Robert F. Kennedy (as James McMullan)
David Opatoshu ... Grinev
Charles Robinson ... Wheatley (as Charles Knox Robinson)
Lew Ayres ... Allen Dulles
Katharine Bard ... Ida Powers
James Flavin ... President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thayer David ... Nikita Khrushchev
Fletcher Allen Fletcher Allen
Ben Astar
William Bassett
Booth Colman ... James Walker O'Brien
Robert Doyle Robert Doyle
Bob Hastings ... Delegate who visits Oliver
Curt Lowens
Zitto Kazann ... Russian Interrogator
Michael Kermoyan Michael Kermoyan ... Russian Judge
Charles Macaulay Charles Macaulay ... Colonel Rudolph Abel
Richard McMurray ... Mr. Secretary
Nelson Olmsted
Raymond Singer
Lili Valenty Lili Valenty
Bruno Wintzell
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alec Murdock Alec Murdock ... The Code Clerk

Produced by 

John B. Bennett ... producer
Charles W. Fries ... executive producer (as Charles Fries)
Edward Montagne ... producer

Music by 

Gerald Fried

Cinematography by 

Vilis Lapenieks

Editing by 

Sam E. Waxman

Art Direction by 

Walter Scott Herndon

Sound Department 

Norm Drain ... boom operator

Additional Crew 

Francis Gary Powers ... technical advisor

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