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
Director
Michael Cimino
Screenplay
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
Gerald B. Greenberg
William Reynolds
Tom Rolf
Executive Producer
Denis O'Dell
Charles Okun
Producer
Joann Carelli
Original Music Composer
Sound Editor
Richard Adams
Sound Mixer
C. Darin Knight
Tom C. McCarthy
Special Effects
James Camomile
Leroy Johnson
Curt Schulkey
Hank Calia
Joe Finnegan
Billy Hank Hooker
Winston Ryder
Kevin Quibell
Sound
Malcolm Davies
Samuel E. Price
Larry Randles
Stan Parks
Ken Pepiot
Tom Elliott
William H. Burton Sr.
Paul Stewart
Executive In Charge Of Post Production
Production Design
Tambi Larsen
Art Direction
Spencer Deverell
Set Decoration
James L. Berkey
Maurice Fowler
Hairstylist
Verne Caruso
Ken Chase
Josie MacAvin
Mary Keats
Costume Design
J. Allen Highfill
Christine Allsopp
Connie Reeve
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Thomas R. Burman
Tom Hoerber
Jerry O'Dell
Assistant Camera
Ken Nishino
Supervising Sound Editor
James J. Klinger
Tony Gaznick
Cis Corman
Brian W. Cook
Dennis Capps
Eric Engler
Richard Graves
Camera Operator
Jan Kiesser
Michael Gershman
Music Supervisor
Terry Needham