Tom Cruise (Joel Goodson), Rebecca De Mornay (Lana), Joe Pantoliano (Guido), Richard Masur (Rutherford), Bronson Pinchot (Barry), Curtis Armstrong (Miles Dalby), Nicholas Pryor (Joel's Father) more..., Janet Carroll (Joel's Mother), Shera Danese (Vicki), Raphael Sbarge (Glenn), Bruce A. Young (Jackie), Kevin Anderson (Chuck (as Kevin C. Anderson)), Sarah Partridge (Kessler), Nathan Davis (Business Teacher), Scott Harlan (Stan Licata), Sheila Keenan (Nurse Bolik), Lucy Harrington (Glenn's Girlfriend), Jerry Tullos (Derelict on Train), Jerome Landfield (Kessler's Father), Ron Dean (Detective with Bullhorn), Bruno Alexander (Mechanic (as Bruno Aclin)), Robert Kurcz (Service Manager), Jonathan Chapin (Kid at Gas Station), Jimmy Baron (Kid at Window), Harry Teinowitz (Kid at Party), Francine Locke (Shower Girl), Ann Cole (Call Girl), Candace Collins (Call Girl), Elizabeth Curran (Call Girl), Jill DeVries (Call Girl (as Jill De Vries)), Debra Dulman (Call Girl), Joyce Hazard (Call Girl), Kerry Hill (Call Girl), Megan Mullally (Call Girl), Lora Staley (Call Girl), Vivian Victor (Call Girl), Fern Persons (Lab Teacher), Cynthia Baker (Test Teacher), Wayne Kneeland (Russell Bitterman (as Wayne C. Kneeland)), Jade Gold (Evonne Williams) and others.

Bruce Surtees (Director of Photography), Richard Chew (Editor), Jon Avnet (Producer), Steve Tisch (Producer), John G. Wilson (Unit Production Manager), Jerry Grandey (First Assistant Director), Nancy Klopper (Casting) more..., William J. Cassidy (Production Design), Fred J. Brown (Sound Effects Editor), Reynaldo Villalobos (Director of Photography), Curt Sobel (Music Editor), Ross A. Maehl (Gaffer), Juno J. Ellis (Assistant Sound Editor), Richard H. Prince (Second Assistant Director), Robert De Mora (Costume Design), Howard Heard (First Assistant Editor), Peter Kuttner (First Assistant Camera), Marion Tumen (Script Supervisor), David E. Campbell (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Gregg Rudloff (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), John T. Reitz (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Richard Dean Rankin (Construction Coordinator), George Kohut (Camera Operator), Scott D. Smith (Sound Mixer), Michele Sharp (Sound Effects Editor), Nancy Willen (Unit Publicist), Art Bartels (Best Boy Grip), Donah Bassett (Negative Cutter), Ilona Bobak (Hairstylist), William D'Ambra (Assistant Property Master), Lillian Toth (Makeup Artist), Jack E. Ackerman (Property Master), Michael M. Krevitt (Key Grip), Fred Stafford (Sound Effects Editor), Jeffrey Harstedt (Post Production Supervisor), James O'Fallon (Associate Producer), Rick LeFevour (Stunt Driver), Steve M. Davison (Utility Stunts), Reid Rondell (Stunt Double), Christopher Franke (Original Music Composer) and others.