Producción

• Wolfgang Glattes — associate producer
• Kenneth Utt — production manager
• Mark Tarlov — producer
• Reene Schisgal — producer
• Joy Todd — casting
• Kenneth Utt — associate producer

Dirección

• Sidney Lumet — director

Guion

• David Himmelstein — writer

Sonido

• Cy Coleman — original music composer

Cámara

• Andrzej Bartkowiak — director of photography
• Hank Muller — assistant camera

Montaje

• Andrew Mondshein — editor

Vestuario y maquillaje

• Joe Cranzano — makeup artist
• Bob Grimaldi — hairstylist
• Anna Hill Johnstone — costume design

Arte

• Peter S. Larkin — production design
• Thomas C. Tonery — set decoration
• William Barclay — art direction

Reparto

• Richard Gere — Pete St. John
• Denzel Washington — Arnold Billings
• Gene Hackman — Wilfred Buckley
• Julie Christie — Ellen Freeman
• Kate Capshaw — Sydney Betterman
• E.G. Marshall — Senator Sam Hastings
• J.T. Walsh — Jerome Cade
• Beatrice Straight — Claire Hastings
• Fritz Weaver — Wallace Furman
• E. Katherine Kerr — Irene Furman
• Michael Learned — Gov. Andrea Stannard
• Omar Torres — Roberto Cepeda
• Polly Rowles — Lucille DeWitt
• Matt Salinger — Phillip Aarons
• Tom Mardirosian — Sheikh
• Ricardo Gallarzo Jr. — Interpreter (as Ricardo Gallarzo)
• Jessica James — Helen
• Glenn Kezer — Frank McKusker
• Douglas Newell — David Garber
• Scott Harlan — Ralph Andropwicz
• Ed Van Nuys — Charles Whiting
• Nick Flynn — Wilson Jacobs
• Noel Harrison — Leonard Thompson
• Jackson Beck — The Voice (voice)
• Leila Danette — Poor Woman
• Kevin Hagen — Cop
• Timothy Jecko — Business Executive
• Margaret Barker — Wealthy Matron
• D. B. Sweeney — College Student
• Linda DeNiro — Desk Clerk
• Lynn Klugman — Video Technician
• John Robert Evans — Senator #1
• Elizabeth Kendrick — Receptionist
• Jim Hartz — Commentator
• Roger Grimsby — Commentator
• Margaret Hall — Commentator
• Brad Holbrook — Commentator
• Donna Hanover — Commentator
• Frank Casey — Commentator
• Kristi Witker — Commentator
• Marvin Scott — Anchorman
• Daryl Edwards — Waiter
• Martha Pinson — Assistant
• Jack Zahniser — Jack the Pilot
• Burke Pearson — City Clerk
• Janet Sarno — Moderator
• Robert Fieldsteel — Assistant Director
• Gregory Wagrowski — Assistant Director
• Ron Stein — Stunt Cameraman
• Robert Kruger — Barry
• Eldo Ray Estes — Campaign Aide (uncredited)
• Tony D. Head — Reporter (uncredited)
• Lynda Lenet — Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
• Tomas Moore — TV News Photographer (uncredited)