Return to Mayberry (1986)
April 13, 1986Release Date
Return to Mayberry (1986)
April 13, 1986Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Andy Griffith
Andy Taylor
Ron Howard
Opie Taylor
Don Knotts
Barney Fife
Jim Nabors
Gomer Pyle
Hal Smith
Otis Campbell
Bob Sweeney
Director
Janet Waldo
Amanda / Aunt Bee (voice) (uncredited)
Bob Sweeney
Director
Aneta Corsaut
Helen Crump Taylor
Harvey Bullock
Writer
Jack Dodson
Howard Sprague
Everett Greenbaum
Writer
George Lindsey
Goober Pyle
Robin S. Clark
Producer
Earle Hagen
Composer
Betty Lynn
Thelma Lou
Howard Morris
Ernest T. Bass
Richard C. Glouner
Cinematographer
Maggie Mancuso
Charlene Darling
Denver Pyle
Briscoe Darling
Rodney Dillard
Rodney Darling
Doug Dillard
Doug Darling
Mitch Jayne
Mitch Darling
Richard Lineback
Wally Butler
Karlene Crockett
Eunice Taylor
Allen Williams
Lloyd Fox
Paul Willson
Ben Woods
Rance Howard
Preacher
Robert Broyles
Wilson
Karen Knotts
Opie's Receptionist
Maggie Peterson
Charlene Darling (as Maggie Peterson-Mancuso)
Dean Webb
Dean Darling
Rick Montgomery
Extras Casting
Robert J. Miller
Production Sound Mixer
Ken Johnson
Music Editor
Bob Mills
Makeup Artist
Dean Hargrove
Executive Producer
Ray Marsh
First Assistant Director
Sandy Getzler
Assistant Art Director
Eileen Mack Knight
Casting
Dale Allen Pelton
Art Direction
Pat Welch
Costume Design
Ray Storey
Production Design
Barbara Atkinson
Script Supervisor
David Solomon
Editor
Adele Taylor
Hairstylist
Herbert W. Spencer
Music
James Antúnez
Transportation Coordinator
Jon Johnson
Supervising Sound Editor
Richard O. Linke
Executive Producer
Miriam Holder Jacobs
Production Coordinator
Avi Levy
Production Controller
Carter DeHaven
Assistant Editor
Gary Moreno
Set Decoration
Nilo Otero
Second Assistant Director
Richard Birnie
Executive In Charge Of Production
Karlene Gallegly
Location Manager
Jim Marquette
Assistant Camera
Kenneth Adams
Key Grip
Dennis Brookins
Negative Cutter
Donna Colabella
Associate Producer
Dominic Belmonte
Property Master
Jim Hoover
Camera Operator
Tom Lindner
Gaffer
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Return to Mayberry is a 1986 American made-for-television romantic comedy film based on the 1960s sitcoms The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D.. The film premiered on April 13, 1986, on NBC, and was the highest-rated television film of 1986. Sixteen of the original cast members reunited and reprised their roles for the film and its success could have led to additional Mayberry programs, but Griffith was committed to Matlock (also airing on NBC at the time) for the 1986–87 season.Most of the characters from the old series are revisited. The slightly milquetoast Howard Sprague (Jack Dodson), in an attempt to look younger, is seen in various hues of hair color. Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors), having returned to civilian life following his stint in the Marines, operates a local service station along with his cousin Goober (George Lindsey), and the pair are seen together for only the third time in the history of the franchise (after having previously only been shown together in the episode "Fun Girls" and an episode of Gomer Pyle, USMC). Howard Morris and Denver Pyle reprise the hillbilly roles of Ernest T. Bass and Briscoe Darling, respectively, along with Maggie Peterson and The Dillards as the rest of the Darling family. Otis Campbell (Hal Smith), the former town drunk, has become sober and now drives an ice cream truck. The film serves as the series finale to The Andy Griffith Show, as no further episodes were made to continue from where it left off.