Sceneggiatura

• Barry Reed — novel
• David Mamet — screenplay
• Jay Presson Allen — writer

Produzione

• David Brown — producer
• Burtt Harris — executive producer
• Jennifer Ogden — unit manager
• Chris Stoia — location manager
• Alexandra Decker — location manager
• Sarah M. Brim — production assistant
• Jonathan Burkhart — production assistant
• Eileen Eichenstein — production office coordinator
• Joseph M. Caracciolo — unit production manager
• Richard D. Zanuck — producer

Fotografia

• Andrzej Bartkowiak — director of photography
• Jonathan Burkhart — camera trainee
• Louis Goldman — still photographer
• Gary Muller — assistant camera
• Bob Paone — second assistant camera
• Ed Quinn — dolly grip
• William H. Steiner — camera operator
• Billy Kerwick — grip
• Robert Ward — key grip
• Hank Muller — assistant camera

Sonoro

• Johnny Mandel — original music composer
• Louis Cerborino — sound editor
• Lee Dichter — sound re-recording mixer
• Frank Graziadei — boom operator
• James Sabat — sound mixer
• Louis Sabat — boom operator
• Maurice Schell — sound editor
• Mel Zelniker — adr recordist
• Mark Rathaus — assistant sound editor
• Harry Peck Bolles — assistant sound editor
• Miles Goodman — orchestrator
• Angela Morley — orchestrator

Montaggio

• Peter C. Frank — editor
• Andrew Mondshein — assistant editor

Scenografia

• John Kasarda — art direction
• George DeTitta Sr. — set decoration
• Edward Pisoni — production design
• Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. — property master
• John McDonnell — props
• Carlos Quiles — construction foreman
• Dave Weinman — set dresser
• Joe Williams Sr. — construction grip
• Philip Gips — graphic designer

Costumi e trucco

• Anna Hill Johnstone — costume design
• Bob Grimaldi — hairstylist
• Joe Cranzano — makeup artist
• William Loger — wardrobe master
• Marilyn Putnam — wardrobe master
• Monty Westmore — makeup artist

Regia

• Burtt Harris — first assistant director
• Ken Ornstein — assistant director trainee
• Robert E. Warren — second assistant director
• Kay Chapin — script supervisor
• Sidney Lumet — director

Troupe tecnica

• Edward Garzero — scenic artist
• William Sohmer — scenic artist
• Mark Bachman — scenic artist
• Polly Wood-Holland — scenic artist
• Joel Moss — score engineer
• James Fanning — transportation captain
• Ellen Levene — unit publicist
• Michael Avallon — driver

Illuminazione

• Dusty Wallace — gaffer

Cast

• Paul Newman — Frank Galvin
• Charlotte Rampling — Laura Fischer
• Jack Warden — Mickey Morrissey
• James Mason — Ed Concannon
• Milo O'Shea — Judge Hoyle
• Lindsay Crouse — Kaitlin Costello
• Edward Binns — Bishop Brophy
• Julie Bovasso — Maureen Rooney
• Roxanne Hart — Sally Doneghy
• James Handy — Kevin Doneghy
• Wesley Addy — Dr. Towler
• Joe Seneca — Dr. Thompson
• Lewis J. Stadlen — Dr. Gruber
• Kent Broadhurst — Joseph Alito
• Colin Stinton — Billy
• Burtt Harris — Jimmy
• Scott Rhyne — Young Priest
• Susan Benenson — Deborah Ann Kaye
• Evelyn Moore — Dr. Gruber's Nurse
• Juanita Fleming — Dr. Gruber's Maid
• Jack Collard — Bailiff
• Ralph Douglas — Clerk
• Gregor Roy — Jury Foreman
• John Blood — Funeral Director
• Dick McGoldrick — Manager of 2nd Funeral Parlor
• Edward Mason — Widow's Son
• Patty O'Brien — Irish Nurse #1
• Maggie Task — Irish Nurse #2
• Joseph Bergmann — Friedman
• Herbert Rubens — Abrams
• J.P. Foley — John
• Leib Lensky — Wheelchair Patient
• H. Clay Dear — Courthouse Lawyer
• J.J. Clark — Courthouse Guard
• Gregory Doucette — Sheraton Bar Waiter
• Tony LaFortezza — Sheraton Bartender
• Marvin Beck — Sheraton Bar Patron
• Herb Peterson — Sheraton Bar Patron
• Tobin Bell — Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
• Bruce Willis — Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
• Murphy Cross — District Attorney (uncredited)
• Margie Anderson — Nun in Funeral Home (uncredited)
• Kevin Fennessy — Funeral Mourner (uncredited)
• Willow Hale — Minor Role (uncredited)
• Cullen O. Johnson — Bailiff (uncredited)
• Joan Tolentino — Nurse Entering Courthouse (uncredited)