Bob Dylan as Self

Allen Ginsberg as The Oracle of Delphi

Patti Smith as The Punk Poet

Martin von Haselberg as The Filmmaker

Scarlet Rivera as The Queen of Swords

Joan Baez as The Balladeer

Roger McGuinn as The Minstrel

Larry Sloman as The Rolling Stone Reporter

James Gianopulos as The Promoter

Jack Elliott as The Sailor

Sam Shepard as The Writer

David Mansfield as The Innocent

Sharon Stone as The Beauty Queen

Ronnie Hawkins as The Shitkicker

Anne Waldman as The Word Worker

Ronee Blakley as The Ingenue

Joni Mitchell as The Artist

Rolling Thunder as The Medicine Man

Mad Bear as The Chief

Peter La Farge as The Cowboy Indian

Michael Murphy as The Politician

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter as The Boxer

Jacques Levy as Self

Denise Mercedes as Self

Roberta Flack as Self

Mike Porco as Self

David Blue as Self

Arlen Roth as Self

Eric Andersen as Self

Louie Kemp as Self

George Moran as Self

Barry Imhoff as Self

Jack Baran as Self

Jeff Raven as Self

Lizette Kocur as Self

Claudia Levy as Self

Peter Orlovsky as Self

Tom Bell as Self

Mama Maria Frasca as Self

Larry Kegan as Self

Gordon Lightfoot as Self

Walter Yetnikoff as Self

Irwin Segelstein as Self

Don DeVito as Self

Dick Asher as Self

Rosie Smith as Self

Bill Graham as Self

Rob Stoner as Self

Mick Ronson as Self

David Mansfield as Self

T Bone Burnett as Self

J. Steven Soles as Self

Bob Neuwirth as Self

Phil Ochs as Self

Georges Méliès as Magician (archive footage from "The Vanishing Lady")

Jehanne d'Alcy as Woman (archive footage from "The Vanishing Lady")