Peter Strauss as Larry "Rain" Murphy

Roger E. Mosley as "Cotton" Crown

Richard Lawson as R.C. Stiles

Brian Dennehy as Dr. D

Geoffrey Lewis as Dr. Bill Jankowski

Billy Green Bush as Warden Earl Gulliver

Ed Lauter as Jerry Beliot

Beverly Todd as Wylene

William Prince as O.A.U. Chairman

Miguel Piñero as Rubio

Richard Moll as Joker Gibb

Edmund Penney as OAU Official

Burton Gilliam as Jimmy-Jack

Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Brother Lateef

Wilmore Thomas as Moo-Moo

Le Roy Haskins as Too-Cool

Gaddis Franklin Jr. as Sahib Wahib

John E. Jackson as Boogaloo

Robert L. Jones as Abba Dabba

Gilbert Tewksbury as Panfilo David

Benny L. Rapisura as "Kiki" Pardo

Eluterio Rodarte as Lobo Huera

Steven White as Charlie Loon

Jimmy Coppola as Action Jackson

Terry Lee Dawson as Foghorn

Thomas K. Abihai as Abihai

Marcus R. Colburn IV as Nomoto

Robert Edward Collins as Conway

Harold D. Kuykendall as Guard #1

Ed Morris as Guard #2

Joe Campoy as Associate Warden