Directed by Fred Barzyk   David R. Loxton   Written by Jean Shepherd   Cast David Elliott ... Ralph Parker as a Boy Barbara Bolton ... Mrs. Parker - Mother James Bonnell ... Delivery Man James Broderick ... Mr. Parker - Father Leigh Brown ... Lovely Arlita Chris Clark ... Gertz Frank Dolan ... Leopold Doppler David Elliot ... Ralph Joey Faye ... Al Mary Fenstermacher ... Teacher Adam Goodman ... Randy Parker Peter Graham ... Budge David S. Howard ... Zudock (as David Howard) Ed Huberman ... Uncle Carl William Lampley ... Flick Joe Mayo ... Awkie Andrea McCullough ... Clara Mae Stephen Nuding ... Halfback (as Steve Nuding) John Peters ... Morty Tobi Pilavin ... Daphne Bigelow David Pokat ... Sherby Carlton Power ... John Sol Schwade ... Walter Jean Shepherd ... Narrator / Ralph Parker as a Man Michael Stein ... Steelmill Worker Bryan Utman ... Schwartz Roberta Wallach ... Wanda Hickey Produced by Fred Barzyk   David R. Loxton   Olivia Tappan

Additional Info Premiere: December 23, 1976 Country: Distributor: PBS Websites: Production Companies New Television Workshop, WGBH Boston Thirteen / WNET Distributors Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)   (1976) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.1 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #12,801 / 21,075 Site Ranking #12,797 Tooth Fairy: Queen Of Pain (2022) #12,798 Vicious! (1988) #12,799 Prey, In Cold Blood (2016) #12,800 Blood For Irina (2012) #12,801 The Phantom Of The Open Hearth (1976) #12,803 Vampira: The Movie (2006) #12,804 Carver (2015) #12,806 Moonlighting Wives (1966) #12,808 Killer Campout (2017)