Cold Turkey

Rev. Clayton Brooks

Mr. Stopworth

Hiram C. Grayson

Hugh Upson / David Chetley / Sandy Van Andy (as Bob)

Walter Chronic / Paul Hardly / Arthur Lordly (as Ray)

Mayor Quincey L. Wappler

Dr. Proctor

Amos Bush

Mrs. Wappler

Letitia Hornsby

Odie Turman

Cissy

Mrs. Watson

Zen Buddhist

Mr. Kandiss

Homer Watson

Mrs. Proctor

Tobacco Executive

Bishop Manley

Col. Galloway

Art

The Hooker

Dennis

TV Stage Manager

Tobacco Executive

Hypnotist

Merwin Wren

Talking Doll (voice)

Protester (uncredited)

Man on Operating Table (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Crying Man (uncredited)

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wilber Scott (uncredited)

The end (midnight) town square gathering was actually shot at 1am. The crew had to wait for the local high school band to arrive. The band had a football game to play in and they held up shooting for some time, because they were late to get to the set.

Dropping the cigarettes onto the crowd, in the last midnight town square gathering, was actually done by putting 8" diameter, 25'-long pipes against the trees in the town square. The pipes were then filled with cigarettes. Then, on cue, air was blasted into the pipe bottom, shooting them into the air and onto the crowd. After each take everyone was asked to gather up the cigarettes from the ground and turn them in so they could be reloaded into the cigarette canons and rained down again. The filming of this final scene took several weeks in the late fall in Iowa where it is pretty cold. In the movie it is supposed to be summer time so the actresses are dressed in summer dresses. In between takes everyone (actors and extras) were huddled in winter coats sucking on ice cubes. The ice cubes kept their mouth and breath cold so they wouldn't steam when they breathed.

Completed in 1969, not released until 1971.

While the whole town does sign the 30-day non-smoking pledge, unless there was a wall around the town to shut people in, nothing prevents people from traveling to other nearby towns and smoking there, then returning to Eagle Rock.

Bishop Manley calls Dearborn, Michigan "General Motors country." Actually, Dearborn is the home of Ford Motor Company, its world headquarters and its flagship River Rouge plant. No GM facilities have been located in Dearborn.

Prior to being challenged to start smoking himself, the Reverend is shown (talking with his wife after a speech) holding a lit cigarette.

Edgar Stopworth: The booze bone is connected to the smoke bone and the smoke bone is connected to the head bone and that's the word of the Lord!

Odie Turman: It's all a big bull...

Homer Watson: I'd stick with first thing's first, like the safety and protection of our citizens.