Admiral James Sandecker
Jason Robards
Dirk Pitt
Richard Jordan
Merker
Dirk Blocker
Willis
Robert Broyles
CIA Director Nicholson
Paul Carr
Bohannon
Michael C. Gwynne
Kiel
Harvey Lewis
General Dale Busby
Charles Macaulay
Koplin
Stewart Moss
Munk
Michael Pataki
Soviet Ambassador Antonov
Marvin Silbersher
Spence
Mark L. Taylor
Dr. Gene Seagram
David Selby
Dr. Silverstein
Maurice Kowalewski
Sarah Martindale
Nancy Nevinson
Commentator
Sander Vanocur
Lieutenant Northacker
Michael Ensign
Woodson
Hilly Hicks
Bearded Reporter (uncredited)
Clive Cussler
Dana Archibald
Anne Archer
John Bigalow
Alec Guinness
Captain Prevlov
Bo Brundin
Master Chief Vinnie Walker
M. Emmet Walsh
Captain Joe Burke
J.D. Cannon
Admiral Kemper
Norman Bartold
Marganin
Elya Baskin
Producer
Lew Grade
Director of Photography
Matthew F. Leonetti
Second Unit Director
Michael D. Moore
Casting
Mike Fenton
Writer
Adam Kennedy
Original Music Composer
John Barry
Director
Jerry Jameson
Production Design
John DeCuir
Adaptation
Eric Hughes
Novel
William Frye
Executive Producer
Martin Starger
Focus Puller
David Wynn-Jones
Art Direction
John DeCuir Jr.
Editor
J. Terry Williams
Jane Feinberg
Set Decoration
Mickey S. Michaels
Robert F. Shugrue