Filmmakers
Above the lineSL
Director
Sidney Lumet
DH
Screenplay
David Himmelstein
Writer
AB
Cinematography
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Director of Photography
AM
Editing
Andrew Mondshein
Editor
CC
Music
Cy Coleman
Original Music Composer
PL
Production Design
Peter S. Larkin
AJ
Costume Design
Anna Hill Johnstone
Cast
54RG
Richard Gere
Pete St. John
DW
Denzel Washington
Arnold Billings
GH
Gene Hackman
Wilfred Buckley
JC
Julie Christie
Ellen Freeman
KC
Kate Capshaw
Sydney Betterman
EM
E.G. Marshall
Senator Sam Hastings
JW
J.T. Walsh
Jerome Cade
BS
Beatrice Straight
Claire Hastings
FW
Fritz Weaver
Wallace Furman
EK
E. Katherine Kerr
Irene Furman
ML
Michael Learned
Gov. Andrea Stannard
OT
Omar Torres
Roberto Cepeda
PR
Polly Rowles
Lucille DeWitt
MS
Matt Salinger
Phillip Aarons
TM
Tom Mardirosian
Sheikh
RJ
Ricardo Gallarzo Jr.
Interpreter (as Ricardo Gallarzo)
JJ
Jessica James
Helen
GK
Glenn Kezer
Frank McKusker
DN
Douglas Newell
David Garber
SH
Scott Harlan
Ralph Andropwicz
EN
Ed Van Nuys
Charles Whiting
NF
Nick Flynn
Wilson Jacobs
NH
Noel Harrison
Leonard Thompson
JB
Jackson Beck
The Voice (voice)
LD
Leila Danette
Poor Woman
KH
Kevin Hagen
Cop
TJ
Timothy Jecko
Business Executive
MB
Margaret Barker
Wealthy Matron
DS
D. B. Sweeney
College Student
LD
Linda DeNiro
Desk Clerk
LK
Lynn Klugman
Video Technician
JE
John Robert Evans
Senator #1
EK
Elizabeth Kendrick
Receptionist
JH
Jim Hartz
Commentator
RG
Roger Grimsby
Commentator
MH
Margaret Hall
Commentator
BH
Brad Holbrook
Commentator
DH
Donna Hanover
Commentator
FC
Frank Casey
Commentator
KW
Kristi Witker
Commentator
MS
Marvin Scott
Anchorman
DE
Daryl Edwards
Waiter
MP
Martha Pinson
Assistant
JZ
Jack Zahniser
Jack the Pilot
BP
Burke Pearson
City Clerk
JS
Janet Sarno
Moderator
RF
Robert Fieldsteel
Assistant Director
GW
Gregory Wagrowski
Assistant Director
RS
Ron Stein
Stunt Cameraman
RK
Robert Kruger
Barry
EE
Eldo Ray Estes
Campaign Aide (uncredited)
TH
Tony D. Head
Reporter (uncredited)
LL
Lynda Lenet
Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
TM
Tomas Moore
TV News Photographer (uncredited)
Departments
11Production
- Wolfgang GlattesAssociate Producer
- Kenneth UttAssociate Producer
- Joy ToddCasting
- Reene SchisgalProducer
- Mark TarlovProducer
- Kenneth UttProduction Manager
Camera
- Hank MullerAssistant Camera
Art
- William BarclayArt Direction
- Thomas C. TonerySet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Bob GrimaldiHairstylist
- Joe CranzanoMakeup Artist