 | Richard Gere als Bill |
 | Brooke Adams als Abby |
 | Sam Shepard als The Farmer |
 | Linda Manz als Linda |
 | Robert J. Wilke als The Farm Foreman |
 | Jackie Shultis als Linda's Friend |
 | Stuart Margolin als Mill Foreman |
 | Timothy Scott als Harvest Hand |
| Gene Bell als Dancer |
| Doug Kershaw als Fiddler |
 | Richard Libertini als Vaudeville Leader |
| Frenchie Lemond als Vaudeville Wrestler |
| Sahbra Markus als Vaudeville Dancer |
| Bob Wilson als Accountant |
| Muriel Jolliffe als Headmistress |
| John Wilkinson als Preacher |
| King Cole als Farm Worker |
 | Terrence Malick als Mill Worker (uncredited) |
| Terrence Malick | Writer |
| Billy Weber | Editor |
| Terrence Malick | Director |
| Bert Schneider | Producer |
| Harold Schneider | Producer |
| Haskell Wexler | Additional Photography |
| Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Jacob Brackman | Executive Producer |
| Jack Fisk | Art Direction |
| Robert Gould | Set Decoration |
| Mel Merrells | Special Effects |
| Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Les Kimber | Production Manager |
| Patricia Norris | Costume Design |
| Néstor Almendros | Director of Photography |
| Jerry R. Allen | Costume Design |
| Bertine Taylor | Hairstylist |
| Sharron Miller | Sound Editor |
| Charles L. Campbell | Sound Effects Editor |
| John Wilkinson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| John Thomas | Special Effects |
| Erin Talbott | Stunts |
| Joe Watts | Stunts |
| John Bailey | Camera Operator |
| Edie Baskin | Still Photographer |
| James F. Boyle | Gaffer |
| Jacob Brackman | Second Unit Director |
| Jamie Brown | Makeup Artist |
| Coulter Adams | Unit Manager |
| Skip Cosper | First Assistant Director |
| Rob Lockwood | Second Assistant Director |
| Martin Walters | Second Assistant Director |
| Johnny Lattanzio | Painter |
| Alan Levine | Property Master |
| Barry Merrells | Assistant Property Master |
| Wallace C. Bennett | Script Supervisor |
| John Brumby | Driver |
| Don Nablo | Transportation Captain |
| Jered Green | Wardrobe Master |
| Robert Eber | Assistant Camera |
| Bruno Engler | Still Photographer |
| Clyde Hart | Key Grip |
| Malcolm Kendall | Best Boy Grip |
| Frank Merrells | Dolly Grip |
| Rod Parkhurst | Camera Operator |
| Philip Boole | Dolby Consultant |
| Allan Bromberg | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Allen Byers | Sound Assistant |
| Robert Burton | Sound Assistant |
| Jim Cox | Special Sound Effects |
| Michael Galloway | Sound Recordist |
| Peter Gregory | Other |
| Louis Hogue | Boom Operator |
| Stephen Katz | Dolby Consultant |
| Glen Lambert | Boom Operator |
| Jean Marler | Other |
| Clyde McKinney | Dolby Consultant |
| Colin C. Mouat | Sound Effects Editor |
| John T. Reitz | Sound Effects |
| George Ronconi | Sound Mixer |
| Alan Splet | Sound Assistant |
| Robert Thirlwell | Other |
| Barry Thomas | Sound Mixer |
| Joe Wachter | Other |
| Don MacDougall | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Chansonetta Emmons | Other |
| Henry Hamilton Bennett | Other |
| Lewis Hine | Other |
| Frances Benjamin Johnston | Other |
| Ken Middleham | Other |
| William Notman | Other |
| Kent Remington | Assistant Camera |
| Paul Ryan | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Andrew D. Wilson | Electrician |
| Eric Van Haren Noman | Camera Operator |
| Terry Bolo | Casting Assistant |
| Barbara Claman | Casting Assistant |
| Geno Havens | Casting Assistant |
| Judith Lamb | Casting Assistant |
| Karen Rea | Casting Assistant |
| Elinor Renfield | Casting Assistant |
| Caroline Biggerstaff | Additional Editor |
| Roberta Friedman | Assistant Editor |
| Tikki Goldberg | Editorial Consultant |
| Dessie Markovsky | Editorial Consultant |
| Susan Martin | Additional Editor |
| Bob McMillian | Color Assistant |
| Barbara Morrison | Negative Cutter |
| Jeffrey Schneider | Editorial Consultant |
| Marion Segal | Additional Editor |
| George Trirogoff | Assistant Editor |
| Richard Garibaldi | Colorist |
| Gabriella Belloni | Music Coordinator |
| Denny Bruce | Music Coordinator |
| Daniel Allan Carlin | Music Editor |
| Enrico DeMelis | Music Coordinator |
| Sandro Fois | Score Engineer |
| Robert W. Glass Jr. | Scoring Mixer |
| John Iles | Score Engineer |
| Leo Kottke | Additional Music |
| Sergio Marcotulli | Score Engineer |
| Ennio Morricone | Conductor |
| Ted Roberts | Music Editor |
| Rick Smith | Musician |
| Reg Glass | Animal Wrangler |
| Susan Vermazen | Researcher |
| Marilyn Tasso | Production Secretary |
| Nathalie Seaver | Researcher |
