• 
  Joseph Sargent

  regizor

• 
  Timothy J. Sexton

  scenarist

• 
  Andy Garcia

  Arturo Sandoval
• 
  Gloria Estefan

  Emilia
• 
  Charles S. Dutton

  Dizzy Gillespie
• 
  Michael O'Hagan

  Johnny Lewis
• 
  David Paymer

  Embassy interviewer
• 
  Julio Oscar Mechoso

• 
  José Zúñiga

  Paquito D'Rivera
• 
  William Marquez

  Arturo Sr.
• 
  Paul Aldane'e

  Busboy/Waiter
• 
  Arturo Sandoval

  Funcionario
• 
  Fionnula Flanagan

  Sally
• 
  Steven Bauer

  Angel
• 
  Britt George

  Marine

• 
  Fabrizio Brienza

  Secret Agent
• 
  Fernanda Andrade

  Paloma
• 
  Roberto Escobar

  Cuban Delegate
• 
  Miriam Colon
• 
  Freddy Rodríguez

  Leonel
• 
  Robert Wisdom
• 
  Tomas Milian

  Sosa