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Writing partners JIM CASH and JACK EPPS, JR. have co-authored numerous box office hits over the past 20 years. Their credits include: Legal Eagles, starring Robert Redford and Debra Winger (1986); Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis (1986); The Secret of My Success, with Michael J. Fox (1987); Turner & Hooch, starring Tom Hanks (1989); Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty and Madonna (1990); and Anaconda, starring Jennifer Lopez, Eric Stoltz and Jon Voight (1997). Their last film writing credit was The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). Jim Cash, a native of Grand Rapids, received his B.A. in English from MSU in 1970 followed by a M.A. in Television and Radio in 1972. For many years he taught writing and film history at MSU and supported a writing award named in his honor. Jim Cash died in 1999.