 | Sissy Spacek als Carrie White |
 | Piper Laurie als Margaret White |
 | Amy Irving als Sue Snell |
 | William Katt als Tommy Ross |
 | Nancy Allen als Christine Hargenson |
 | Betty Buckley als Miss Collins |
 | John Travolta als Billy Nolan |
 | P.J. Soles als Norma Watson |
 | Priscilla Pointer als Mrs. Snell |
 | Sydney Lassick als Mr. Fromm |
 | Stefan Gierasch als Principal Morton |
 | Michael Talbott als Freddy |
 | Doug Cox als The Beak |
 | Harry Gold als George Dawson |
 | Noelle North als Frieda Jason |
| Cindy Daly als Cora Wilson |
 | Deirdre Berthrong als Rhonda Wilson |
| Anson Downes als Ernest Peterson |
| Rory Stevens als Kenny |
 | Edie McClurg als Helen Shyres |
| Cameron De Palma als Bobby Erbeter, the Boy on the Bike |
| Sharon Benson als Ruth Gogan (uncredited) |
| Terry Bolo als Trudy Bourne (uncredited) |
 | Jean Glaudé als Afro Guy (uncredited) |
| Katie Irving als Katie O'Shea / The Balladeer (uncredited) |
| Cynthia Schuler Larsen als Alice Litten (uncredited) |
| Dan Protheroe als Bassist - Vance or Towers (prom band) (uncredited) |
| James Saad als Drummer & Percussionist - Vance or Towers (prom band) (uncredited) |
| Janie Squire als Julia McDermitt (uncredited) |
| Mike Towers als Vance or Towers |
| Glen Vance als Vance or Towers |
| Brian De Palma | Director |
| Rosanna Norton | Costume Design |
| Mario Tosi | Director of Photography |
| Wes Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Lawrence D. Cohen | Screenplay |
| Robert Gould | Set Decoration |
| Bill Kenney | Art Direction |
| Pino Donaggio | Original Music Composer |
| Paul Monash | Producer |
| Harriet B. Helberg | Casting |
| Jack Fisk | Art Direction |
| Stephen King | Novel |
| Paul Hirsch | Editor |
| Adele Taylor | Hairstylist |
| Greg Auer | Special Effects |
| Hannah Scheel | Script Supervisor |
| Wynn Hammer | Still Photographer |
| Dan Sable | Sound Editor |
| Joel King | Camera Operator |
| Bert Hallberg | Sound mixer |
| Dick Ziker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Dave Friedman | Still Photographer |
| Michael Arciaga | Music Supervisor |
| Mary Peters | Stunts |
| Gary Seybert | Property Master |
| Donald Heitzer | First Assistant Director |
| Bill Scott | Second Assistant Director |
| Ken Patterson | Painter |
| Lois Freeman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| David Rust | Boom Operator |
| James Dyer | Best Boy Grip |
| Ken Miller | Dolly Grip |
| Joe Pender | Gaffer |
| Dustin Blauvelt | First Assistant Camera |
| Joseph Cosko Jr. | Second Assistant Camera |
| Gene Griffith | Key Grip |
| Agnes Lyon | Costumer |
| Michael Kirchberger | Assistant Editor |
| Patricia Heade | Production Secretary |
| Louis A. Stroller | Associate Producer |
| Dick Ziker | Second Unit Director |
| Glory Fioramonti | Stunts |
| Janet Brady | Stunts |
| Mags Kavanaugh | Stunt Double |
