Directed by George Roy Hill   Written by Nancy Dowd   Cast Paul Newman ... Reggie Strother Martin ... McGrath Michael Ontkean ... Ned Braden Jennifer Warren ... Francine Lindsay Crouse ... Lily Jerry Houser ... Killer Carlson Andrew Duncan ... Jim Carr Jeff Carlson ... Jeff Hanson Steve Carlson ... Steve Hanson David Hanson ... Jack Hanson Yvon Barrette ... Denis Lemieux Allan F. Nicholls ... Upton (as Allan Nicholls) Brad Sullivan ... Wanchuk Stephen Mendillo ... Jim Ahern Yvan Ponton ... Drouin Matthew Cowles ... Charlie Kathryn Walker ... Anita McCambridge Melinda Dillon ... Suzanne M. Emmet Walsh ... Dickie Dunn Swoosie Kurtz ... Shirley Paul D'Amato ... Tim McCracken Ronald L. Docken ... Lebrun Guido Tenesi ... Billy Charlebois Jean Rosario Tetreault ... Bergeron Christopher Murney ... Hanrahan Myron Odegaard ... Final Game Referee Ned Dowd ... Ogilthorpe Gracie Head ... Pam Nancy Dowd ... Andrea (as Nancy N. Dowd) Barbara L. Shorts ... Bluebird Larry Block ... Peterboro Referee Paul Dooley ... Hyannisport Announcer Uncredited Cast Janet Arters ... Sparkle Twin Louise Arters ... Sparkle Twin Blake Ball ... Gilmore Tuttle Reg Bechtold ... Hockey Player Danny Belisle ... Syracuse Bulldog Player Lisa Blount ... Chief's Band Member / Booster Team Member Bruce Boudreau ... Hockey Player #7 Mark Bousquet ... Andre 'Poodle' Lussier Alan Doshna ... Fan Stephen Dowling ... Referee Art Dubin ... Hockey Player Woody Espy ... The Stick Boy Mark Falvo ... Spectator Lucy Lee Flippin ... Game Show Contestant John Gofton ... Nick Brophy Galen Head ... Hockey Player Alan Hirsch ... Hockey Player Bruce Kent ... Stick Boy Reggie Krezanski ... Hockey Player Louis Levasseur ... Goalie Connie Madigan ... Ross 'Mad Dog' Madison Macon McCalman ... Soap Opera Actor - Patient Ted McCaskill ... Hockey Player Jon McClintock ... TV Reporter Mickey McQuillan ... Dickie Dunn's Son Robert Monell ... Thug in Black William H. Morrison ... Police Officer Susan Kendall Newman ... Pharmacist Joe Nolan ... Clarence 'Screaming Buffalo' Swamptown Joseph Oliveira ... Spectator Dick Roberge ... Referee Ecker Ray Schultz ... Syracuse Bulldog Player David Shurin ... Heckler with Orange Sign Billy Simpson ... Boy on Street (voice) Tonya Smay ... Hockey Rink Spectator Ross Smith ... Barclay Donaldson Henry Taylor ... Hockey Player - Presidents Cliff Thompson ... Walt Comisky Produced by Robert Crawford Jr. ... associate producer Stephen J. Friedman ... producer Patrick Kelley ... co-executive producer Robert J. Wunsch ... producer Stunts Ned Dowd ... stunt coordinator Rod Bloomfield ... stunt double Thanks John Mitchell ... special thanks

Additional Info Premiere: February 25, 1977 DVD Release: January 05, 1999 Blu-ray Release: October 15, 2013 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Kings Road Entertainment Pan Arts (Pan Arts Productions) Universal Pictures Distributors Universal Pictures   (1977) (United States) (theatrical) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1982) (United States) (TV) MCA/Universal Home Video   (United States) (VHS) Universal Studios Home Video   (1999) (United States) (DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2013) (United States) (Blu-ray) Filming Locations Hamilton, New York, USA   (Starr Rink, Colgate University) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA Ligonier, Pennsylvania, USA   (Town where the Chiefs moon the residents on the bus, ) Main & Bridge Street, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA   (location of the mill that Reggie/Braden walk by and discuss it closing) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Syracuse, New York, USA Utica, New York, USA Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.2 / 10 Our Rating 7.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.0 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,669 / 21,119 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 5 total ratings Almost Perfect 3 total ratings Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,665 Haven: Season 2 (2011) #2,666 Haven: Season 4 (2013) #2,667 Haven: Season 3 (2012) #2,668 Haven: Season 1 (2010) #2,669 Slap Shot (1977) #2,670 The Cave (2005) #2,671 The Roommate (2011) #2,672 The Messengers (2007) #2,673 Emma (1996)