Gene Wilder as Skip Donahue

Richard Pryor as Harry Monroe

Georg Stanford Brown as Rory Schultebrand

JoBeth Williams as Meredith

Miguel Ángel Suárez as Jesus Ramirez

Craig T. Nelson as Deputy Ward Wilson

Barry Corbin as Warden Walter Beatty

Charles Weldon as Blade

Nicolas Coster as Warden Henry Sampson

Joel Brooks as Len Garber

Jonathan Banks as Jack Graham

Erland van Lidth as Grossberger

Lewis van Bergen as Guard #1

Karmin Murcelo as Teresa Ramirez

Franklyn Ajaye as Young Man in Hospital

Estelle Omens as Mrs. R.H. Broache

Peter Looney as Kicker #1

Cedrick Hardman as Big Mean

Doug Johnson as Guard #2

Henry Kingi as Ramon

Joe Massengale as Caesar Geronimo

Herman Poppe as Alex

Luis Ávalos as Chico

Esther Sutherland as Sissie

Pamela Poitier as Cook's Helper

James Oscar Lee as Kicker #2

Rod McCary as Minister

Claudia Cron as Joy

Bill Bailey as Announcer

Donna Kei Benz as Nancy

Grand L. Bush as Big Mean's Sidekick

Alvin Ing as Korean Doctor

Thomas Moore as Judge

Danna Hansen as Mrs. Sampson

Gwen Van Dam as Mrs. Beatty

Herb Armstrong as County Jail Guard

Herbert Hirschman as Man at Dinner Party

Don Circle as Bank Teller

Madison Arnold as Guard #3

Gene Earl as Sheriff

Mickey Jones as Guard #8

Tracy Lee Rowe as Little Girl

Essex Smith as Blade's Friend

Kenneth Menard as Repairman

Billy Beck as Flycatching Prisoner

Lee Purcell as Susan

Rush Adams as Deputy (uncredited)

Rocky Beach as Prisoner (uncredited)

Tony Burton as Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited)

Raven Grey Eagle as Spectator (uncredited)

Jim Henry as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Drasha Meyer as Lady in a Restaurant (uncredited)

Cliff Owens as Son-Visiting Inmate (uncredited)

Erik Owens as Inmate's Son (uncredited)

Scott Perry as Prisoner (uncredited)

John Richard Petersen as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Stan Rodarte as Strip Bar Customer (uncredited)

Al Silvani as Inmate (uncredited)

Earl W. Smith as Jack Graham's Enforcer (uncredited)

Brien Varady as Inmate (uncredited)