"After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff."
Andy Griffith
as Andy Taylor
Ron Howard
as Opie Taylor
Don Knotts
as Barney Fife
Jim Nabors
as Gomer Pyle
Hal Smith
as Otis Campbell
Janet Waldo
as Amanda / Aunt Bee (voice) (uncredited)
Aneta Corsaut
as Helen Crump Taylor
Jack Dodson
as Howard Sprague
George Lindsey
as Goober Pyle
Betty Lynn
as Thelma Lou
Howard Morris
as Ernest T. Bass
Maggie Mancuso
as Charlene Darling
Denver Pyle
as Briscoe Darling
Rodney Dillard
as Rodney Darling
Doug Dillard
as Doug Darling
Mitch Jayne
as Mitch Darling
Richard Lineback
as Wally Butler
Karlene Crockett
as Eunice Taylor
Allen Williams
as Lloyd Fox
Paul Willson
as Ben Woods
Rance Howard
as Preacher
Robert Broyles
as Wilson
Karen Knotts
as Opie's Receptionist
Maggie Peterson
as Charlene Darling (as Maggie Peterson-Mancuso)
Dean Webb
as Dean Darling
David Solomon
Editor
Richard C. Glouner
Cinematography
Earle Hagen
Music
Executive Producer
Everett Greenbaum
Writer
Harvey Bullock
Bob Sweeney
Director
Ray Storey
Production Design
Gary Moreno
Set Decoration
Tom Lindner
Gaffer
Karlene Gallegly
Location Manager
Avi Levy
Production Controller
Bob Mills
Makeup Artist
Ray Marsh
First Assistant Director
Nilo Otero
Second Assistant Director
Sandy Getzler
Assistant Art Director
Miriam Holder Jacobs
Production Coordinator
Donna Colabella
Associate Producer
Kenneth Adams
Key Grip
Robert J. Miller
Production Sound Mixer
Dennis Brookins
Negative Cutter
Jon Johnson
Supervising Sound Editor
Herbert W. Spencer
Richard O. Linke
Pat Welch
Costume Design
Barbara Atkinson
Script Supervisor
Robin S. Clark
Producer
Jim Hoover
Camera Operator
Jim Marquette
Assistant Camera
Ken Johnson
Music Editor
Cynthia Stephenoni
Production Assistant
Eileen Mack Knight
Casting
Dominic Belmonte
Property Master
James AntĂșnez
Transportation Coordinator
Rick Montgomery
Extras Casting
Audrey Tannenbaum
Costumer
Adele Taylor
Hairstylist
Production Manager
Jesse Fields
Dean Hargrove
Richard Birnie
Executive In Charge Of Production
Carter DeHaven
Assistant Editor
Dale Allen Pelton
Art Direction