Clint Eastwood as John Wilson

Jeff Fahey as Pete Verrill

George Dzundza as Paul Landers

Alun Armstrong as Ralph Lockhart

Mel Martin as Mrs. Macgregor

Clive Mantle as Harry

Timothy Spall as Hodkins

Catherine Neilson as Irene Saunders

Conrad Asquith as Ogilvy

Alex Norton as Zibelinsky

Eleanor David as Dorshka

Boy Mathias Chuma as Kivu

Marisa Berenson as Kay Gibson

Richard Vanstone as Phil Duncan

Jamie Koss as Mrs. Duncan

Charlotte Cornwell as Miss Wilding

Geoffrey Hutchings as Squadron Leader Alec Laing

Christopher Fairbank as Tom Harrison

Edward Tudor-Pole as Reissar

Roddy Maude-Roxby as Thompson

Richard Warwick as Basil Fields

Norman Lumsden as Butler George