Burt Reynolds as Paul Crewe

Eddie Albert as Warden Hazen

Ed Lauter as Captain Knauer

Michael Conrad as Nate Scarboro

James Hampton as Caretaker

Harry Caesar as Granville

John Steadman as Pop

Charles Tyner as Unger

Mike Henry as Rassmeusen

Jim Nicholson as Ice Man

Bernadette Peters as Miss Toot

Pervis Atkins as Mawabe

Tony Cacciotti as Rotka

Anitra Ford as Melissa

Richard Kiel as Samson

Tony Reese as Levitt

Michael Fox as Announcer

Dino Washington as Mason

George A. Jones as Big George

Chuck Hayward as Trooper I

Mort Marshall as Assistant Warden

Joe Kapp as Walking Boss

Pepper Martin as Shop Steward

Ray Nitschke as Bogdanski

Sonny Sixkiller as The Indian

Robert Tessier as Shokner

Ernie Wheelwright as Spooner

Joe Dorsey as Bartender

Gus Carlucci as Team Doctor

Jack Rockwell as Trainer

Sonny Shroyer as Tannen

Ray Ogden as Schmidt

Don Ferguson as Referee

Alfie Wise as Trooper II

Steve Wilder as J.J.

Wilbur Gillian as Big Wilbur

Wilson Warren as Buttercup

Joe Jackson as Little Joe

Howard Silverstein as Howie

Donald Hixon as Donny

Gerald Michael Atkins as Con / Football player (uncredited)

Malcolm Atterbury as Bit Part (uncredited)

J. Don Ferguson as Football Referee (uncredited)

Lance Fuller as Secondary Role (uncredited)

Harold Morris as Minor Role (uncredited)

Bill Rampley as Guard / Football Player (uncredited)

James Hooks Reynolds as Con Football Player (uncredited)

Philip Wende as Guard (uncredited)