• 
  Sidney Poitier

  regizor

• 
  Bruce Jay Friedman

  scenarist

• 
  Gene Wilder

  Skip Donahue
• 
  Craig T. Nelson

  Deputy Ward Wilson
• 
  Richard Pryor

  Harry Monroe
• 
  Georg Stanford Brown

  Rory Schultebrand
• 
  Billy Beck

  Flycatching Prisoner
• 
  Lee Purcell

  Susan

• 
  Barry Corbin

  Warden Walter Beatty
• 
  Peter Looney

  Kicker #1
• 
  Rod McCary

  Preot
• 
  JoBeth Williams

  Meredith
• 
  Jonathan Banks

  Jack Graham
• 
  Nicolas Coster

  Warden Henry Sampson
• 
  Jim Henry

  Rodeo Cowboy

• 
  Grand L. Bush

  Big Mean's Sidekick
• 
  Madison Arnold

  Guard #3
• 
  Luis Avalos

  Chico
• 
  Mickey Jones

  Guard #8
• 
  Franklyn Ajaye

  Young Man in Hospital
• 
  Joel Brooks

  Len Garber
• 
  Karmin Murcelo

  Teresa Ramirez
• 
  Miguel Ángel Suárez

  Jesus Ramirez (as Miguelangel Suarez)
• 
  Lewis Van Bergen

  Guard #1
• 
  Erland van Lidth

  Grossberger
• 
  Charles Weldon

  Blade