• 
  Ted Kotcheff

  regizor

• 
  Ben Hecht

  scenarist

• 
  Kathleen Turner

  Christy Colleran
• 
  Burt Reynolds

  John L. Sullivan IV
• 
  Christopher Reeve

  Blaine Bingham
• 
  Jack Duffy

  Emil, the Waiter
• 
  Jonathan Welsh

  Chaplain
• 
  Tony Rosato

  Joker

• 
  Warren Davis

  Reporter
• 
  Ned Beatty

  Roy Ridnitz
• 
  Joe Silver

  Mordsini
• 
  George Newbern

  Siegenthaler
• 
  Henry Gibson

  Ike Roscoe
• 
  John S. Davies

  Aide
• 
  Al Waxman

  Berger

• 
  Judah Katz

  Tillinger Sound Man
• 
  Barry Flatman

  Zaks
• 
  Fiona Reid

  Pamela Farbrother
• 
  Ken James

  Warden Terwilliger
• 
  Richard Comar

  Governor's Aide
• 
  Monica Parker

  Jessica
• 
  Katya Ladan

  Reporter
• 
  Philip Akin

  Paznic