Gene Hackman as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

Joanna Cassidy as Eileen Gallagher

Tommy Lee Jones as Thomas Boyette

John Heard as Col. Glen Whitacre

Dennis Franz as Lt. Milan Delich

Pam Grier as Ruth Butler

Ron Dean as Karl Richards

Nathan Davis as Soviet Press Secretary

Chelcie Ross as Gen. Hopkins

Joe Greco as Gen. Carlson

Ike Pappas as Ike Pappas

Marco St. John as Marth

Reni Santoni as Chicago Police Lieutenant

Kevin Crowley as Walter Henke

Michael Skewes as MP

Johnny Lee Davenport as MP

Juan Ramírez as Thug

Miguel Nino as Thug

Mik Scriba as Thug

Thalmus Rasulala as Secret Service Commander

Joe Guzaldo as Press Secretary Rogers

Michael Tomlinson as Johnny's Field Soldier

Cody Glenn as Johnny's Field Soldier

Harry Lennix as Johnny's Field Soldier

Carlos Sanz as Johnny's Field Soldier

Diane Timmerman as Female Backpacker

Charles Mueller as Male Backpacker

Wilhelm von Homburg as West Berlin Police Lieutenant

Anatoli Davydov as Soviet Colonel

William Musyka as Soviet General

Gary Berkovich as Soviet General

Allen Hamilton as American General

Greg Noonan as Command Post Commander

Harry Teinowitz as Command Post Soldier

Don James as Command Post Soldier

Gary Goldman as Command Post Soldier

Katherine Lynch as Henke's Wife

Mary Seibel as Henke's Mother

Joe D. Lauck as Sen. Bruce

Dick Cusack as Secretary of State

Boris Lyoskin as Soviet Foreign Minister

Danny Goldring as Undercover Bum

Gregory Alan Williams as Col. Woods

Nicholas Kusenko as Gen. Carlson's Aide

Tina Gluschenko as Henke's Girlfriend

John W. Hardy as Skycap

Henry Godinez as Lockup Police Officer

Jack Kandel as Soldier with Orders

Kathryn Joosten as Waitress

Oksana Fedunyszyn as Eileen's Secretary

Ralph Foody as Building Manager

Mike Bacarella as Paramedic

Steve Barbro as Hotel Police Officer

Eddie Bo Smith Jr. as Ft. Belvoir Duty MP

Greg Goossen as Soldier in Provost Marshal's Office

Dennis Cockrum as Computer Technician

Ivory Ocean as Washington, DC Police Officer

Metta Davis as Washington, DC Witness

Alex Ross as Liquor Store Clerk

Will Zahrn as Nazi Goon

Michael Gaylord James as Nazi Goon

Nancy Baird as Mrs. Delich, Milan's Wife

Gene Barge as Secret Service Agent

Walter Markley as Secret Service Agent

Otto von Wernherr as East German Army Lieutenant

Hilda McLean as Old German Woman

Leon Samoilovich as Soviet Security Agent

Dmitri Polytnsev as Translator

Lana Berkovich as Translator

John D'Amico as Soviet General Secretary

Ray Allen as United States President

Christine Cassel as Speaker at Governor's Conference

Billy Bosco as Milan's Son

Chad Smith as Milan's Son

Phillip Prerost as Hospital Police Officer

Jack Gold as Governor

Tony Castillo as Diplomat (uncredited)

Alan Roger Currie as Military Officer

Kevin Lingle as Executive (uncredited)

Larry Nazimek as Soviet Colonel (uncredited)

John Skoubis as CIA Agent (uncredited)

Alison Vesely as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)

Robert J. Vorbroker as East German Police (uncredited)

Mark Williams as Military Officer (uncredited)

Gary Yates as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

D. Danny Warhol as Teen in green earmuffs handing out flyers (uncredited)

Robert Minkoff as Bit (uncredited)

Earl Hundt as Russian Limousine Driver (uncredited)