| Gene Wilder | Skip Donahue |
| Richard Pryor | Harry Monroe |
| Georg Stanford Brown | Rory Schultebrand |
| JoBeth Williams | Meredith |
| Miguel Ángel Suárez | Jesus Ramirez |
| Craig T. Nelson | Deputy Ward Wilson |
| Barry Corbin | Warden Walter Beatty |
| Charles Weldon | Blade |
| Nicolas Coster | Warden Henry Sampson |
| Joel Brooks | Len Garber |
| Director | Sidney Poitier |
| Producer | François De Menil; Melville Tucker |
| Writer | Bruce Jay Friedman |
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