Pete St. John
Richard Gere
Arnold Billings
Denzel Washington
Gov. Andrea Stannard
Michael Learned
Roberto Cepeda
Omar Torres
Lucille DeWitt
Polly Rowles
Phillip Aarons
Matt Salinger
Sheikh
Tom Mardirosian
Interpreter (as Ricardo Gallarzo)
Ricardo Gallarzo Jr.
Helen
Jessica James
Frank McKusker
Glenn Kezer
David Garber
Douglas Newell
Ralph Andropwicz
Scott Harlan
Wilfred Buckley
Gene Hackman
Charles Whiting
Ed Van Nuys
Wilson Jacobs
Nick Flynn
Leonard Thompson
Noel Harrison
The Voice (voice)
Jackson Beck
Poor Woman
Leila Danette
Cop
Kevin Hagen
Business Executive
Timothy Jecko
Wealthy Matron
Margaret Barker
College Student
D.B. Sweeney
Desk Clerk
Linda DeNiro
Ellen Freeman
Julie Christie
Video Technician
Lynn Klugman
Senator #1
John Robert Evans
Receptionist
Elizabeth Kendrick
Commentator
Jim Hartz
Roger Grimsby
Margaret Hall
Brad Holbrook
Donna Hanover
Frank Casey
Kristi Witker
Sydney Betterman
Kate Capshaw
Anchorman
Marvin Scott
Waiter
Daryl Edwards
Assistant
Martha Pinson
Jack the Pilot
Jack Zahniser
City Clerk
Burke Pearson
Moderator
Janet Sarno
Assistant Director
Robert Fieldsteel
Gregory Wagrowski
Stunt Cameraman
Ron Stein
Barry
Robert Kruger
Senator Sam Hastings
E.G. Marshall
Campaign Aide (uncredited)
Eldo Ray Estes
Reporter (uncredited)
Tony D. Head
Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
Lynda Lenet
TV News Photographer (uncredited)
Tomas Moore
Jerome Cade
J.T. Walsh
Claire Hastings
Beatrice Straight
Wallace Furman
Fritz Weaver
Irene Furman
E. Katherine Kerr
Director
Sidney Lumet
Original Music Composer
Cy Coleman
Director of Photography
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Production Manager
Kenneth Utt
Associate Producer
Editor
Andrew Mondshein
Writer
David Himmelstein
Assistant Camera
Hank Muller
Producer
Reene Schisgal
Mark Tarlov
Wolfgang Glattes
Casting
Joy Todd
Production Design
Peter S. Larkin
Art Direction
William Barclay
Set Decoration
Thomas C. Tonery
Costume Design
Anna Hill Johnstone
Makeup Artist
Joe Cranzano
Hairstylist
Bob Grimaldi