Gene Hackman as Max Millan

Al Pacino as Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi

Dorothy Tristan as Coley

Ann Wedgeworth as Frenchy

Richard Lynch as Jack Riley

Eileen Brennan as Darlene

Penelope Allen as Annie

Richard Hackman as Mickey

Al Cingolani as Skipper

Rutanya Alda as Woman in camper

Karen Lamm as Waitress (uncredited)

Mary Ann Brownlee as Hooker (uncredited)

Nicholas Carbone as Child (uncredited)

Frank Chartier as Bartender (uncredited)

James G. Cureman as Hippie (uncredited)

Armen Darakdjian as Lion's Son (uncredited)

June Denning as Myra (uncredited)

June Dixon as Waitress (uncredited)

Richard Jamison as Young Man (uncredited)

Louise Martin as Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

Louise Martin as Doctor (uncredited)

Albert Schmidt as Drunk (uncredited)

Patricia A. Wasson as Mother (uncredited)

Audrianne Waters as Nurse (uncredited)

John G. Wedum as Clerk (uncredited)