B.J. and the Bear

Bruce Bilson

1978•100 min.•

United States of America

In this pilot film, B.J. McKay, a guitar-playing independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimpanzee named Bear, finds himself caught up with a bunch of young women trying to flee a white slaver who happens to be the local sheriff.

Action
Adventure
Comedy
TV Movie

Cast

Greg Evigan
B.J. McKay
Claude Akins
Sheriff Lobo
Mills Watson
Perkins
Penny Peyser
Stilts
Julius Harris
Colonel Whitmore
Woodrow Parfrey
Store Proprietor
Kristine DeBell
Marcia
AS
Antoinette Stella
Willie
EF
Elena Frank
Julie
Harry Townes
Doctor
DM
Dave Murich
First Deputy
Dennis Fimple
Second Deputy
Ted Gehring
First Sheriff
Mario Roccuzzo
High-Ranking Suit

Crew

MSM
Michael S. Murphy
Editing
SH
Seymour Hoffberg
Camera
JP
John Peyser
Production
BB
Bruce Bilson
Directing
John Cacavas
Sound
CC
Christopher Crowe
Writing
GAL
Glen A. Larson
Writing
GAL
Glen A. Larson
Production
CC
Christopher Crowe
Production
VMC
Vincent M. Cresciman
Art