Directed by Alan Rafkin   Written by Saul Turteltaub   Bernie Orenstein   Ray Galton   Alan Simpson   Norman Lear   Cast Redd Foxx ... Fred G. Sanford Demond Wilson ... Lamont Sanford Don Ho ... Don Ho LaWanda Page ... Aunt Esther Anderson (as La Wanda Page) Don Bexley ... Bubba Bexley Nathaniel Taylor ... Rollo Larson Hal Williams ... Officer 'Smitty' Smith David Huddleston ... First Cop Barbara Rhoades ... Gladys Pat Paulsen ... Percy James Gregory ... Commander Greg Morris ... Freddy Wills Sheldon Leonard ... Davis Fritzi Burr ... Woman on Plane Frank Nelson ... Co-Pilot Sandra Kerns ... Stewardess Danny Kamekona ... 2nd Cop Robert Kino ... Japanese Tourist (as Bob Kino) Uncredited Cast Moe Keale ... Davis' Thug Bernie Orenstein ... Taxi Driver Produced by Norman C. Hopps   Norman Lear   Bernie Orenstein   Saul Turteltaub   Bud Yorkin

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