Richard Gere (Zack Mayo)
Debra Winger (Paula Pokrifki)
Louis Gossett, Jr. (Sgt. Emil Foley)
David Keith (Sid Worley)
Lisa Blount (Lynette Pomeroy)
Mara Scott Wood (Bunny)
Tee Dennard (Dilbert Dunker Instructor)
Nancy Klopper
Vern Taylor (Tom Worley)
Jane Wilbur (Nellie Rufferwell)
Ed Begley, Jr. (Altitude Chamber Instructor)
Lynn Stalmaster
Dennis Rucker (Donny)
Victor French (Joe Pokrif ki)
David Greenfield (Schneider)
John Laughlin (Troy)
Tommy Petersen (Young Zack)
Tony Plana (Emiliano Della Serra)
Elizabeth Rogers (Betty Worley)
David Caruso (Topper Daniels)
Grace Zabriskie (Esther Pokrifki)
Lisa Eilbacher (Casey Seeger)
Robert Loggia (Byron Mayo)
Harold Sylvester (Perryman)