James Averill
Kris Kristofferson
Nathan D. Champion
Christopher Walken
Trapper Fred
Geoffrey Lewis
Cully
Richard Masur
Beautiful girl
Rosie Vela
Nell
Mary Catherine Wright
Small man
Nicholas Woodeson
Big man
Stefan Shcherby
Photographer
Waldemar Kalinowski
Captain Minardi
Terry O'Quinn
Morrison
Jack Conley
Mrs. Eggleston
Margaret Benczk
Billy Irvine
John Hurt
George Kopestonsky
Jim Knobeloch
Mrs. Kopestonsky
Erika Petersen
Mrs. Lezak
Robin Bartlett
Jake
Tom Noonan
Russian Merchant
Marat Yusim
Michael Kovach
Aivars Smits
Mrs. Kovach
Gordana Rashovich
Mercenary in new suit
Jarlath Conroy
Dudley
Allen Keller
Stefka
Caroline Kava
Frank Canton
Sam Waterston
Kathia
Mady Kaplan
Little Dot
Anna Thomson
Nick Ray
Mickey Rourke
Heaven's Gate Band
T Bone Burnett
Jessie
Patricia Hodges
Arapaho Brown
Kevin McClarnon
German Merchant
Kai Wulff
Czech Merchant
Steven Majstorovic
Zindel's Clerk
Gabriel Walsh
Private
Norton Buffalo
Mr. Eggleston
Brad Dourif
Emigrant Boy
Jack Blessing
Governor of Wyoming
Jerry Sullivan
Jerry McGee
Cleve Dupin
Stephen Bruton
Sean Hopper
John DeCory - Skating Violinist
David Mansfield
Moustached Mercenary
David S. Cass Sr.
Bearded Mercenary
Paul D'Amato
Peter
Peter Osusky
Ella Watson
Isabelle Huppert
Ivan
Ivan Kormanik
Robert Steingart - Juggler
Michael Christensen
Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant
Anatoli Davydov
Bulgarian Emigrant's Wife
Nina Gaidarova
Chicken Fighter
Wally McCleskey
Canton's Bodyguard
Gary Vezane
Wolcott's Bodyguard
H.P. Evetts
Miner - Mercenary
Bruce Morgan
Class Marshal - Harvard
Bobby Faber
Irvine's Girlfriend
Judi Trott
The Reverend Doctor
Joseph Cotten
Willy (uncredited)
Willem Dafoe
Morrison's Sentry (uncredited)
Loyd Catlett
Refugee (uncredited)
Juli Erickson
Policeman (uncredited)
Barrie Holland
John L. Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Major Wolcott
Ronnie Hawkins
Mayor Charlie Lezak
Paul Koslo
Casting Director
Jane Hallaren
Second Assistant Director
Michael Stevenson
Stunts
Bill Hart
Screenplay
Michael Cimino
Director
Choreographer
Eleanor Fazan
George Orrison
Director of Photography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Assistant Director
Michael Grillo
Debbie Evans
Stunt Coordinator
Buddy Van Horn
Walter Scott
Editor
Lisa Fruchtman
Chuck Waters
Alan Gibbs
Makeup Artist
Ben Nye
Executive Producer
Charles Okun
William Reynolds
Producer
Joann Carelli
Gerald B. Greenberg
Original Music Composer
Tom Rolf
Denis O'Dell
Sound Editor
Richard Adams
Tom C. McCarthy
Sound Mixer
C. Darin Knight
Curt Schulkey
Joe Finnegan
Special Effects
James Camomile
Kevin Quibell
Winston Ryder
Leroy Johnson
William H. Burton Sr.
Ken Pepiot
Billy Hank Hooker
Sound
Malcolm Davies
Hank Calia
Samuel E. Price
Larry Randles
Stan Parks
Tom Elliott
Paul Stewart
Executive In Charge Of Post Production
Production Design
Tambi Larsen
Art Direction
Spencer Deverell
Christine Allsopp
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Thomas R. Burman
Set Decoration
Josie MacAvin
Ken Chase
Maurice Fowler
James L. Berkey
Hairstylist
Verne Caruso
Mary Keats
Tom Hoerber
Connie Reeve
Costume Design
J. Allen Highfill
Jerry O'Dell
Assistant Camera
Michael Gershman
Richard Graves
Cis Corman
Eric Engler
Supervising Sound Editor
James J. Klinger
Music Supervisor
Terry Needham
Camera Operator
Jan Kiesser
Brian W. Cook
Dennis Capps
Ken Nishino
Tony Gaznick