Dianne Lake as Self - Manson Family Member

Gregg Jakobson as Self - Los Angeles Songwriter

Phil Kaufman as Self - Charles Manson Associate

Stephen Desper as Self - Beach Boys' In-House Engineer

Ernie Knapp as Self - West Coast Guitarist

Charles Manson as Self (archive footage)

Sharon Tate as self

Roman Polanski as Self (archive footage)

Simon Wells as Self - Charles Manson Biographer

Jeff Guinn as Self - Charles Manson Biographer

Domenic Priore as Self - Author, 'Riot on the Sunset Strip'

Thomas Arnold as Narrator (voice)

Bob Dylan as Self (archive footage)

George Harrison as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)

Timothy Leary as Self (archive footage)

John Lennon as Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney as Self (archive footage)

Jim Morrison as Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)

Ringo Starr as Self (archive footage)

Frank Zappa as Self (archive footage)