 | Katharine Hepburn als Ethel Thayer |
 | Henry Fonda als Norman Thayer Jr. |
 | Jane Fonda als Chelsea Thayer Wayne |
 | Doug McKeon als Billy Ray |
 | Dabney Coleman als Bill Ray |
 | William Lanteau als Charlie Martin |
 | Christopher Rydell als Sumner Todd |
 | Troy Garity als Young Boy on Jetty (uncredited) |
| Ernest Thompson | Screenplay |
| Bruce Gilbert | Producer |
| Robert L. Wolfe | Editor |
| Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Mark Rydell | Director |
| Ernest Thompson | Theatre Play |
| Billy Williams | Director of Photography |
| Marshall Schlom | Script Supervisor |
| James A. Contner | Camera Operator |
| Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| David M. Ronne | Production Sound Mixer |
| Stephen B. Grimes | Production Design |
| Dorothy Jeakins | Costume Design |
| Barry Primus | Casting |
| Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Adger W. Cowans | Still Photographer |
| Jane Bogart | Set Decoration |
| Richmond L. Aguilar | Gaffer |
| Hank Muller | Assistant Camera |
| Gary Daigler | First Assistant Director |
| Donald Krafft | Leadman |
| Scott Rathner | Assistant Camera |
| James Potter | Post Production Supervisor |
| Emad Helmy | Set Designer |
| Emily Ferry | Property Master |
| Venita Ozols-Graham | Second Assistant Director |
| Greg Wong | Assistant Editor |
| James Rosenfield | Location Manager |
| Richard Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jerry Masarone | Hairstylist |
| Leonard Lookabaugh | Key Grip |
| Tony Faso | Costume Supervisor |
| Walter Scott | Stunt Coordinator |
| Thomas Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Stephen B. Grimes | Second Unit Director |
| Rexford L. Metz | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Hank Muller | First Assistant Camera |
| Arlene Encell | Costume Supervisor |
| Terry Carr | Production Supervisor |
| Ken Reed | Prop Maker |
| William Trobaugh | Construction Foreman |
| Bobby Porter | Stunt Double |
| Matt Sweeney | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Robert L. Clark | Painter |
| Kay Rose | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Gary Muller | Second Assistant Camera |
| Peter Norman | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| James W. Gavin | Pilot |
| Pat Suraci | Boom Operator |
| Mark Conte | Assistant Editor |
| Phill Norman | Title Designer |
| Robert L. Wolfe | In Memory Of |
| Ramon Gow | Hairstylist |
| Gary Martin | Construction Coordinator |
| Ida Random | Assistant Art Director |
| Victoria Rose Sampson | Sound Editor |
| Geralyn Miller | Production Coordinator |
| Donald Stewart | Writer |
