 | Mel Gibson als Tom Garvey |
 | Sissy Spacek als Mae Garvey |
 | Scott Glenn als Joe Wade |
 | Billy Green Bush als Harve Stanley |
 | Shane Bailey als Lewis Garvey |
 | Becky Jo Lynch als Beth Garvey |
 | Don Hood als Senator Neiswinder |
 | James Tolkan als Howard Simpson |
| Bob W. Douglas als Hal Richardson |
 | Andy Stahl als Dave Birkin |
| Lisa Sloan als Judy Birkin |
| Larry D. Ferrell als Rod Tessley |
| Susie Toomey als Sally Tessley |
| Kelly Toomey als Lisa Tessley |
 | Frank Hoyt Taylor als Zemke |
 | Amy Rydell als Betty Gaumer |
 | Samuel Scott Osborne als Billy Gaumer |
 | Charles Robinson als Truck |
| Mark Rydell | Director |
| Robert Dillon | Story |
| Robert Dillon | Screenplay |
| Julian Barry | Screenplay |
| Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Edward Lewis | Producer |
| Barry Primus | Casting Consultant |
| Robert Cortes | Producer |
| Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Charles Rosen | Production Design |
| Norman Newberry | Art Direction |
| Jane Bogart | Set Decoration |
| Joe I. Tompkins | Costume Design |
| Terry Carr | Unit Production Manager |
| Brenda Todd | Makeup Artist |
| Lynn Del Kail | Hairstylist |
| Pete Altobelli | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Christopher Wilkinson | Second Unit Director |
| Rick Avery | Stunts |
| Paula Moody | Stunts |
| Tom Elliott | Stunts |
| Mike De Luna | Stunts |
| Richard Epper | Stunts |
| Blair Burrows | Stunts |
| Clay Boss | Stunts |
| Jophery C. Brown | Stunts |
| Alan Gibbs | Stunt Coordinator |
| Harper Flaherty | Stunts |
| Johnny Hock | Stunts |
| Bennie Moore | Stunts |
| Branscombe Richmond | Stunts |
| Mario Roberts | Stunts |
| Spike Silver | Stunts |
| Mark Orrison | Stunts |
| Jerry Ziesmer | First Assistant Director |
| Robert Yannetti | Second Assistant Director |
| Tena Psyche Yatroussis | Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Gershman | Camera Operator |
| John J. Connor | Camera Operator |
| Michael McGowan | Camera Operator |
| David M. Ronne | Production Sound Mixer |
| Stuart A. Spohn | Gaffer |
| Dick Deats | Key Grip |
| Ken Pepiot | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Stan Parks | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Rick Sparr | Associate Editor |
| Kay Rose | Supervising Sound Editor |
| David F. Klassen | Set Designer |
| William Ladd Skinner | Set Designer |
| Nick Navarro | Set Designer |
| Sherman Labby | Production Illustrator |
| Donald Krafft | Leadman |
| Tim Donelan | Swing |
| John B. Schuyler | Boom Operator |
| Joseph Geisinger | Cableman |
| Michael Barrett | Electrician |
| Brent Poe | Electrician |
| Norman Ash | Electrician |
| James M. Sheppherd | Dolly Grip |
| Randy Woodside | Best Boy Electrician |
| Ted Varnadoe | Best Boy Electrician |
| Gregg Guellow | Best Boy Grip |
| Hank Sheppherd | Best Boy Grip |
| Thomas Love | Special Effects |
| William Maldonado | Construction Coordinator |
| Robert J. Visciglia Sr. | Property Master |
| Sonny Van Hecke | Assistant Property Master |
| Pamela Wise | Costumer |
| Darryl M. Athons | Costumer |
| Greg Hall | Costumer |
| Hugo Peña | Costumer |
| Betsy Norton | Script Supervisor |
| Joe O'Har | Location Manager |
| Steven Poster | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Robert Frazen | Assistant Editor |
| Beau Barthel | Assistant Editor |
| Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Victoria Rose Sampson | Sound Editor |
| Jerry Rosenthal | Sound Editor |
| Chester Slomka | Sound Editor |
| Jack Schrader | Sound Editor |
| Neil Burrow | Sound Editor |
| Larry Singer | ADR Editor |
| Hector C. Gika | Sound Assistant |
| Rod Rogers | Sound Assistant |
| Duke Brown | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Joan Rowe | Foley Artist |
| Kenneth Wannberg | Music Editor |
| Herbert W. Spencer | Orchestrator |
| Nick Alphin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robert Thirlwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Julie Adams | Dialect Coach |
| Jody Hummer | Extras Casting |
| Joan Wolpert | Production Coordinator |
| Bruce Bahrenburg | Unit Publicist |
| James Zenk | Still Photographer |
| Willie Radcliff | Craft Service |
| Syd Dutton | Matte Painter |
| Aubrey Head | Color Timer |
| Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Paul Stewart | Special Effects |
