Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey

Raymond Burr as Judge D.C. Simonton

Chuck Connors as The Sarge

Rip Torn as Bud Kruger / President Reagan

John Dehner as The Commissioner

Chad Everett as Simon Kurtz

Peter Graves as Capt. Clarence Oveur

Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson

Robert Hays as Ted Striker

Kent McCord as Dave Unger

James A. Watson, Jr as First Officer Dunn

William Shatner as Cdr. Buck Murdock

Stephen Stucker as Jacobs / Courtroom Clerk

John Vernon as Dr. Stone

Al White as Witness

Sonny Bono as Joe Seluchi

Laurene Landon as Testa

Richard Jaeckel as Controller #2

Lee Bryant as Mrs. Hammen

John Larch as Prosecuting Attorney

Sandahl Bergman as Officer #1

David Leisure as Religious Zealot

Kitten Natividad as Moral Majority Woman (uncredited)

Monique Gabrielle as Woman at Topless Scanner (uncredited)

George Wendt as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Jack Jones as Lounge Singer

Hervé Villechaize as Little Breather

Madeleine Fisher as Shuttle Agent

Sandy Ward as Defense Attorney

Louise Sorel as Nurse

Clint Smith as Scalper

Pat Sajak as Buffalo Anchorman

Pamela Guest as Woman with Baby (as Pamela Ann Rack)

David Paymer as Court Photographer

Ann Nelson as Airsick Woman

James Noble as Father O'Flanagan

Crystal Smith as Topless Model (uncredited)

Ilona Wilson as Woman at Topless Scanner (uncredited)

Ed Call as Information Agent

Richard Gilliland as Pervis

Howard Honig as Dave Walters

Lee Patterson as Phoenix Six Captain

Earl Boen as Doctor (uncredited)

Martin Garner as Old Man #2 (uncredited)

Rance Howard as Person #1 (uncredited)

Gregory Itzin as Young Man (uncredited)

Jim Staahl as International Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)

Leon Askin as Moscow Anchorman

Marcus K. Mukai as Tokyo Anchorman

George Sasaki as Passenger (uncredited)

Jimmy Fields as Passenger in Terminal (uncredited)