Bull Meechum
Robert Duvall
Lillian Meechum
Blythe Danner
Col. Varney
Michael Strong
Cpl. Atcherly
Bennett Liss
Coach Spinks
Joe Dorsey
Capt. Weber
David Frankham
Mrs. Weber
Jan Stratton
Lt. Sammy
Paul Gleason
Ace
W.K. Stratton
Capt. Brookout
Lew Horn
Col. Mullinax
Michael Rougas
Pedro
Al Garcia
Ben Meechum
Michael O'Keefe
Leroy
Stacy MacGregor
Hedgepath's Sergeant
Harold B. Bibey
Bartender
Gene Jones
Squadron Executive Officer
Harry Pickins Porth
Hobie Simms
Albert Smith
Man at Shrimp Dock
Walter Gay
Shrimp Header
Wendell Gregory
1st Cousin
Bill Nelson
2nd Cousin
Bill Eudaly
Mac
Wayne Sharpnack
Mary Anne Meechum
Lisa Jane Persky
Sergeant - Air Controller
Morris Phifer
Sergeant - Radar
Brad Baldwin
Honor Guard Sergeant
Ronnie Cross
Jim Don
Timothy Norton
Art
Richard Horswell
Pinkie
Ronald Garrett Jr.
Mumford
Hank Chappell
Abbot
Reggie Malphrus
1st Referee
Doyle Kelley
2nd Referee
Larry Burke
Karen Meechum
Julie Anne Haddock
Basketball Player
K.C. Stiglbauer
Randy Cauthen
Tom Conroy
Lance Snyder
Tony Langdale
Gary Towles
Ray Nix
Chip Upchurch
Cheerleader
Nicole von der Heyde
Nancy Black
Matthew Meechum
Brian Andrews
Lisa Collins
Kim Duncan
Claudette Evans
Carol Monson
Tara Hudson
Sandra Patterson
Holly Malphrus
Sarah Sanford
Denise Walker
Edwina Dawn Tucker
Toomer Smalls
Stan Shaw
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Brent Dunsford
Laura Gile
George Golden
Monty O'Grady
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Ted Otis
Leoda Richards
Arrabella Smalls
Theresa Merritt
Red Petus
David Keith
Col. Virgil Hedgepath
Paul Mantee
Stunt Double
Conrad E. Palmisano
Original Music Composer
Elmer Bernstein
Novel
Pat Conroy
Casting
Irving Lande
Set Decoration
Jeff Haley
Donald J. Sullivan
Makeup Artist
Lon Bentley
Andy Ciannella
Hairstylist
Lynn Del Kail
Director
Lewis John Carlino
Screenplay
Producer
Charles A. Pratt
Director of Photography
Ralph Woolsey
Editor
Houseley Stevenson Jr.
Production Design
Jack Poplin