Directed by Jackie Cooper   Written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason   Mary Kay Place   Larry Gelbart   Richard Hooker   Cast Alan Alda ... Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce Wayne Rogers ... Capt. 'Trapper John' McIntyre McLean Stevenson ... Lt. Col. Henry Blake Loretta Swit ... Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan Larry Linville ... Maj. Frank Burns Gary Burghoff ... Cpl. Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly Odessa Cleveland ... Lt. Ginger Bayliss, RN Sheila Lauritsen ... Nurse Watson Kellye Nakahara ... Lt. Kellye Yamato, RN Uncredited Cast Roy Goldman ... Man in Jeep Todd Susman ... P.A. Announcer (voice) Dennis Troy ... Soldier standing next to a pole Produced by Larry Gelbart   Burt Metcalfe   Gene Reynolds   Original Music by Benny Golson

Additional Info Premiere: December 15, 1973 DVD Release: July 23, 2002 Country: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Production Companies 20th Century Fox Television Distributors CBS   (1972) (United States) (original airing) (TV) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2002) (United States) (DVD) Me-TV   (2010) (United States) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,173 / 21,140 Site Ranking