In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
| Directing | Peter Bogdanovich | Director |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Writing | Peter Bogdanovich | Writer |
| Writing | W.D. Richter | Writer |
| Production | Robert Chartoff | Producer |
| Editing | William C. Carruth | Editor |
| Art | Richard Berger | Art Direction |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Camera | László Kovács | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theadora Van Runkle | Costume Design |
| Sound | Richard Hazard | Original Music Composer |
| Art | David Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Production | Mel Dellar | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marlene D. Williams | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Ellingwood | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruby Ford | Hairstylist |
| Art | Ed Shanley | Construction Coordinator |
| Production | Frank Marshall | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Joe Amsler | Stunts |
| Crew | Hal Needham | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Julie Ann Johnson | Stunts |
| Crew | Ron Stein | Stunts |
| Crew | Charles A. Tamburro | Stunts |
| Sound | Richard Hazard | Conductor |
| Sound | Kenneth Wannberg | Music Editor |
| Sound | Kay Rose | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Arthur Piantadosi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Bobby Byrne | Camera Operator |
| Art | Rich Valesko | Property Master |
| Directing | Jack Frost Sanders | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lois Thurman | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Richmond L. Aguilar | Gaffer |
| Camera | Leonard Lookabaugh | Key Grip |
| Crew | James D. Brubaker | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Cliff Wenger | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandy Berke Jordan | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norman Salling | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Directing | Arne Schmidt | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Stephen Lim | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Rita Abrams | Choreographer |
| Camera | Joseph E. Thibo | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ted T. Sugura | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Glen Lambert | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Morris Feingold | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Paul Caven | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Rick Borchardt | Dolly Grip |
| Editing | Bill Lindemann | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Richard Burrow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michael Colgan | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Victoria Rose Sampson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Morton Tubor | Sound Editor |
| Art | George Tours | Leadman |
| Art | Bob Lawless | Painter |
| Crew | Grant Olson | Craft Service |
| Production | Marge Rowland | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Sandra Lee Gimpel | Stunts |
