• 
  Joseph Sargent

  regizor

• 
  William W. Norton

  scenarist

• 
  Burt Reynolds

  Gator McKlusky
• 
  Jennifer Billingsley

  Lou
• 
  Ned Beatty

  Seriful J.C. Connors
• 
  Laura Dern

  Sharon Anne, Maggie's Daughter
• 
  Dabbs Greer

  Pa McKlusky
• 
  John Steadman

  Skeeter

• 
  Louise Latham

  Martha Culpepper
• 
  Diane Ladd

  Maggie
• 
  R.G. Armstrong

  Big Bear
• 
  Bo Hopkins

  Roy Boone
• 
  Buddy Joe Hooker

  Highway Patrol
• 
  Stephanie Burchfield

  Jenny
• 
  Conlan Carter

  Deputy

• 
  Matt Clark

  Dude Watson
• 
  Lincoln Demyan

  Warden
• 
  Iris Korn

  Ma McKlusky
• 
  Barbara Muller

  Louella