Gene Hackman as Col. Cal Rhodes

Fred Ward as Wilkes

Robert Stack as MacGregor

Patrick Swayze as Kevin Scott

Harold Sylvester as Johnson

Randall "Tex" Cobb as Sailor

Tim Thomerson as Charts

Lau Nga-Lai as Lai Fun

Kwan Hi Lim as Jiang

Kelly Junkerman as Paul MacGregor

Todd Allen as Frank Rhodes

Gail Strickland as Helen Rhodes

Reb Brown as Blaster

Jane Kaczmarek as Mrs. Wilkes

Gloria Stroock as Mrs. MacGregor

Jeremy Kemp as Ferryman

Debi Parker as Mai Ling

Charles Aidman as Sen. Hastings

Constance Forslund as Mrs. Charts

Jan Tříska as Gericault

Michael Dudikoff as Blaster's Assistant

Emmett Dennis III as Medic #1

Charles Faust as G.I. #1

Dave Austin as G.I. #2

Le Tuan as Guard #1

James Edgcomb as CIA Agent

Ken Farmer as Jail Guard

Tad Horino as Mr. Ky

Bruce Paul Barbour as Helicopter Pilot

Steve Solberg as P.O.W. #1

Laurence Neber as P.O.W. #2

Don Mantooth as P.O.W. #3

Jerry Supiran as Frank at 9

Brett Johnson as Kid #1

Barret Oliver as Kid #2

Marcello Krakoff as Kid #3

Justin Bayly as Kid #4

Kevin Brando as Kid #5

Angela Lee Sloan as Kid #6

Juan Fernández as Orderly

Darwyn Carson as Secretary

Nancy Linari as Reporter

David Dangler as Reporter

Joseph Dypwick as American Soldiers

William S. Hamilton as American Soldiers

Napoleon Hendrix as American Soldiers

Chip Lally as American Soldiers

Michael P. May as American Soldiers

Tom Randa as American Soldiers

Larry Charles White as American Soldiers

Michael Endoso as Son (uncredited)

Sig Frohlich as Reporter (uncredited)

Rorion Gracie as Reporter (uncredited)

Scott Perry as Father of POW (uncredited)

Tom Willett as Reporter (uncredited)