• 
  Lamont Johnson

  regizor

• 
  William Roberts

  scenarist

• 
  Jeff Bridges

  Elroy Jackson Jr.
• 
  Valerie Perrine

  Marge
• 
  Geraldine Fitzgerald

  Doamna Jackson
• 
  Art Lund

  Elroy Jackson Sr.
• 
  Gary Busey

  Wayne Jackson
• 
  Ned Beatty

  Hackel, Derby Promoter

• 
  Bob Cole

  Marshall Collins
• 
  Lane Smith

  Rick Penny, Driver
• 
  Gregory Walcott

  Cleve Morley
• 
  Ed Lauter

  Burton Colt
• 
  Erica Hagen

  Trina Kingman
• 
  Tom Ligon

  Lamar
• 
  Jimmy Murphy

  Spud (as James Murphy)

• 
  Ernie F. Orsatti

  Davie Baer (as Ernie Orsatti)
• 
  William Smith

  Kyle Kingman (as William Smith II)