Cast 54
Richard Gere
Pete St. John
Denzel Washington
Arnold Billings
Gene Hackman
Wilfred Buckley
Julie Christie
Ellen Freeman
Kate Capshaw
Sydney Betterman
E.G. Marshall
Senator Sam Hastings
J. T. Walsh
Jerome Cade
Beatrice Straight
Claire Hastings
Fritz Weaver
Wallace Furman
E. Katherine Kerr
Irene Furman
Michael Learned
Gov. Andrea Stannard
Omar Torres
Roberto Cepeda
Polly Rowles
Lucille DeWitt
Matt Salinger
Phillip Aarons
Tom Mardirosian
Sheikh
Ricardo Gallarzo Jr.
Interpreter (as Ricardo Gallarzo)
Jessica James
Helen
Glenn Kezer
Frank McKusker
Douglas Newell
David Garber
Scott Harlan
Ralph Andropwicz
Ed Van Nuys
Charles Whiting
Nick Flynn
Wilson Jacobs
Noel Harrison
Leonard Thompson
Jackson Beck
The Voice (voice)
Leila Danette
Poor Woman
Kevin Hagen
Cop
Timothy Jecko
Business Executive
Margaret Barker
Wealthy Matron
D. B. Sweeney
College Student
Linda DeNiro
Desk Clerk
Lynn Klugman
Video Technician
John Robert Evans
Senator #1
Elizabeth Kendrick
Receptionist
Roger Grimsby
Commentator
Margaret Hall
Commentator
Brad Holbrook
Commentator
Donna Hanover
Commentator
Frank Casey
Commentator
Kristi Witker
Commentator
Marvin Scott
Anchorman
Daryl Edwards
Waiter
Martha Pinson
Assistant
Jack Zahniser
Jack the Pilot
Burke Pearson
City Clerk
Janet Sarno
Moderator
Robert Fieldsteel
Assistant Director
Gregory Wagrowski
Assistant Director
Robert Kruger
Barry
Eldo Ray Estes
Campaign Aide (uncredited)
Tony D. Head
Reporter (uncredited)
Lynda Lenet
Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
Tomas Moore
TV News Photographer (uncredited)
Writing 1
David Himmelstein
Writer
Directing 1
Sidney Lumet
Director
Production 6
Kenneth Utt
Production Manager
Mark Tarlov
Producer
Reene Schisgal
Producer
Wolfgang Glattes
Associate Producer
Kenneth Utt
Associate Producer
Sound 1
Cy Coleman
Original Music Composer
Camera 2
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Director of Photography
Hank Muller
Assistant Camera
Editing 1
Andrew Mondshein
Editor