Peter Coyote as Max Knickerbocker

Huckleberry Fox as Jonathan Knicks

Art Carney as Henry Coogan

Dennis Lipscomb as Finch

Joe Flood as Leary

Mittie Smith as Helen Knickerbocker

Frank Simons as Young Coogan

Stu Klitsner as Mr. Knicks

Morgan Upton as Police Captain

Stephen Prior as Little League Boy

Bennett Cale as Dooley

Cyril Clayton as Drunk

Charles Adams as Newsstand Man

Gretchen Grant as Mrs. Knicks

Doug Morrison as Barber

Jerry Landis as Doctor

F. Jo Mohrbach as Nurse (as Jo Mohrbach)

Eric Barnes as Radio Announcer

Art Scholl as Finch's Pilot

Scott Devenney as Scott DeVenney

Rick Kuhn as Dead Pilot (uncredited)