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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
This is a list of cast members of the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. The film series began in 1984 with the release of the first film A Nightmare on Elm Street which was directed and written by Wes Craven.
CharacterOriginal Series ...(a Nightmare On Elm Street)Original Series ...(a Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge)MentionedJohn SaxonMentionedJohn H. Burrows. Amy Rabins. Abe Nejad. Charles Bernstein. James LaRue. Jack Cooley. Jess Soraci. Wes Craven. Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides.
- Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson. Langenkamp was the linchpin of the original film as Nancy, the teenager who attracted Freddy Krueger’s attention. Nancy wasn’t a shrinking violet of a teen girl, either; at the end of the movie, she realizes that she has to stand up to Krueger if she wants to stand a chance at getting out of her dreams alive.
- John Saxon as Lt. Donald "Don" Thompson. Saxon played Nancy’s dad in the movie, who's also a policeman. By the time A Nightmare on Elm Street came along, Saxon had already appeared in the Bruce Lee classic Enter the Dragon.
- Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. None of A Nightmare on Elm Street's legendary horror-franchise status would have been possible without Englund, who made a legend of Freddy Krueger.
- Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz. Before he became one of the biggest Hollywood stars on the planet, Depp had been trying to make it as a rock star, even opening once for Iggy Pop (although Pop reportedly called him “a little turd”).
Nov 16, 1984 · A Nightmare on Elm Street: Directed by Wes Craven. With John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss. Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in ...
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- 1984-11-16
The cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street included veteran actors such as Robert Englund and John Saxon and aspiring young actors like Johnny Depp and Heather Langenkamp.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street — Cast and Crew. See the Internet Movie Database for detailed cast information. DIRECTED BY. Wes Craven. WRITING CREDITS. Wes Craven. CAST. John Saxon …. Lieutenant Donald Thompson.
