Michael Caine as Governor Baxter Thwaites

Valerie Perrine as Pamela Weintraub

Brenda Vaccaro as Dolores Thwaites

Leonard Rossiter as Sir Malcolm Leveridge

Billy Connolly as Delgado Fitzhugh

Dennis Dugan as Rob

Fulton Mackay as Eric

Oscar James as Miguel

Chris Tummings as Garfield

Eric Clapton as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band

Ray Cooper as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band

George Harrison as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band

Jon Lord as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band

Mike Moran as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band

Chris Stanton as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band

Ringo Starr as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band

Maureen Lipman as Prime Minister

Alfred Molina as Pierre

Ruby Wax as Spenco Executive

Jimmie Walker as Jay Jay

Dick Shawn as Deke Halliday

Fred Gwynne as Spender

Felicity Dean as Sarah

William Hootkins as Ben

Alan Shearman as Charlesworth

Glory Annen as Hostess

Alan Igbon as Cuban

Trevor Laird as Pepito

Stefan Kalipha as Cuban

Kelvin Omard as Nado

Charles Thomas Murphy as Ken

Bill Bailey as Hollister

Richard Pearson as Foreign Secretary

Paul Heiney as Kessler

Bruce Boa as U.S. Advisor

Danny Brainin as Film Director

Jacqueline de Peza as Lucille

Harry Ditson as Spenco Executive

Benjamin Feitelson as French Reporter

Darcy Flynn as Television P.A.

Christopher Gilbert as U.S. Marine

Rashid Karapiet as U.N. Secretary General

Sabu Kimura as Japanese Reporter

Julie Legrand as French Business Executive

Lucita Lijertwood as Delgado's Mum

Bill Persky as TV Director

Manning Redwood as U.S. General

Bill Reimbold as Texan

Bob Sessions as U.S. Admiral