Editing Dawn of the Dead (1978 film) (section)

==Cast==
* [[Ken Foree]] as Peter Washington
* [[Gaylen Ross]] as Francine "Fran Flygirl" Parker
* [[David Emge]] as Stephen "Flyboy" Andrews
* [[Scott Reiniger]] as Roger "Trooper" DeMarco

Director [[George A. Romero]] makes an uncredited appearance as a WGON TV director. Assistant director and Romero's future-wife—[[Christine Forrest]]—portrays his assistant. Also featured at the WGON TV station are David Crawford as Dr. James Foster, David Early as commentator Sidney Berman and Daniel Dietrich as station manager Dan Givens. Future ''[[Romper Room]]'' hostess Molly McClosky makes an uncredited appearance as a station worker. Later sequences depicting an emergency TV network feature [[Howard Smith (director)|Howard Smith]] as an unnamed commentator and recurring Romero collaborator [[Richard France (writer)|Richard France]] as Dr. Millard Rausch, referred to in the credits as "Scientist".

Featured among the motorcycle raiders are Rudy Ricci as their leader, brothers and frequent Romero collaborators [[Tony Buba|Tony]] and [[Pasquale Buba]], and [[Taso N. Stavrakis]]. [[Tom Savini]], the film's make-up artist, also appears as Blades, a machete-wielding raider. [[Joseph Pilato]], who would later be cast in Romero's ''[[Day of the Dead (1985 film)|Day of the Dead]]'', plays the leader of group of [[police officers]] evacuating by boat, although most of his performance was cut from the theatrical release. Other police officers in the film include [[James A. Baffico]] as Wooley, with his wife Joey Baffico having an uncredited role as a zombie who attacks Roger. Longtime Romero collaborator [[John Amplas]], who also served as the film's casting director, makes an uncredited appearance as one of the apartment tenants who engages in a gunfight with the [[police]].