Richard Gere

as Pete St. John

Denzel Washington

as Arnold Billings

Gene Hackman

as Wilfred Buckley

Julie Christie

as Ellen Freeman

Kate Capshaw

as Sydney Betterman

E.G. Marshall

as Senator Sam Hastings

J. T. Walsh

as Jerome Cade

Beatrice Straight

as Claire Hastings

Fritz Weaver

as Wallace Furman

E. Katherine Kerr

as Irene Furman

Michael Learned

as Gov. Andrea Stannard

Omar Torres

as Roberto Cepeda

Polly Rowles

as Lucille DeWitt

Matt Salinger

as Phillip Aarons

Tom Mardirosian

as Sheikh

Ricardo Gallarzo Jr.

as Interpreter (as Ricardo Gallarzo)

Jessica James

as Helen

Glenn Kezer

as Frank McKusker

Douglas Newell

as David Garber

Scott Harlan

as Ralph Andropwicz

Ed Van Nuys

as Charles Whiting

Nick Flynn

as Wilson Jacobs

Noel Harrison

as Leonard Thompson

Jackson Beck

as The Voice (voice)

Leila Danette

as Poor Woman

Kevin Hagen

as Cop

Timothy Jecko

as Business Executive

Margaret Barker

as Wealthy Matron

D. B. Sweeney

as College Student

Linda DeNiro

as Desk Clerk

Lynn Klugman

as Video Technician

John Robert Evans

as Senator #1

Elizabeth Kendrick

as Receptionist

Jim Hartz

as Commentator

Roger Grimsby

as Commentator

Margaret Hall

as Commentator

Brad Holbrook

as Commentator

Donna Hanover

as Commentator

Frank Casey

as Commentator

Kristi Witker

as Commentator

Marvin Scott

as Anchorman

Daryl Edwards

as Waiter

Martha Pinson

as Assistant

Jack Zahniser

as Jack the Pilot

Burke Pearson

as City Clerk

Janet Sarno

as Moderator

Robert Fieldsteel

as Assistant Director

Gregory Wagrowski

as Assistant Director

Ron Stein

as Stunt Cameraman

Robert Kruger

as Barry

Eldo Ray Estes

as Campaign Aide (uncredited)

Tony D. Head

as Reporter (uncredited)

Lynda Lenet

as Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)

Tomas Moore

as TV News Photographer (uncredited)