Film

B.J. and the Bear

1978 · 1h 40m · Action · Adventure · Comedy

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.

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

Antoinette Stella

Willie

Elena Frank

Julie

Harry Townes

Doctor

Dave Murich

First Deputy

Dennis Fimple

Second Deputy

Ted Gehring

First Sheriff

Mario Roccuzzo

High-Ranking Suit

• Bruce BilsonDirector
• Christopher CroweProducer
• John PeyserProducer
• Glen A. LarsonExecutive Producer
• Seymour HoffbergDirector of Photography
• Michael S. MurphyEditor

Release date

October 4, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Comedy, TV Movie