"A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies."
William Devane
as Major Charles Rane
Tommy Lee Jones
as Johnny Vohden
Linda Haynes
as Linda Forchet
James Best
as Texan
Dabney Coleman
as Maxwell
Lisa Blake Richards
as Janet
Luke Askew
as Automatic Slim
Lawrason Driscoll
as Cliff
James Victor
as Lopez
Cassie Yates
as Candy
Jordan Gerler
as Mark
Jane Abbott
as Sister
Jerry Brown
as Patrolman #1
Jacque Burandt
as Bebe
Anthony Castillo
as Street Urchin
Charles Escamilla
as T Bird
Rudy T. Gonzales
as Bartender
Robert K. Guthrie
as Reporter #3
Ray Gutierrez
as Tex-Mex
James N. Harrell
as Grandpa
Randy Herman
as Sanchez
Michael Nakamura
as The Torturer
Pete Ortega
as Melio
Paul A. Partain
as Brother-in-Law
James Conner Pribble
as Patrolman #2
Cheyenne Rivera
as Gato
Carol Sowa
as Betty Ann
Robert Raymond Reyes
as Reporter #2
Arturo R. Tamez Jr.
Bob Tisdale
as Mr. Williams
Autry Ward
as Texan #2
West Ward
as Card Player
William Vance White
as Bob
Michael R. Witte
as Reporter #1
Alan Wong
as Billa
Janet Quist
as Prositute in Brothel (uncredited)
Steve Ward
as Man in Brothel (uncredited)
John Flynn
Director
Tony Wade
Production Manager
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Executive Producer
Richard Alexander Wells
Second Assistant Director
Mark Wade
Property Master
Gene Corso
Sound Effects
Jay M. Harding
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald F. Johnson
Sound Mixer
Richard O. Helmer
Special Effects
Stunts
Thomas Del Ruth
Camera Operator
Cliffe Oland
Assistant Editor
Greig McRitchie
Orchestrator
Jay Alfred Smith
Music Editor
Frank Tudisco
Script Supervisor
Elaine Gyorke
Producer's Assistant
David Sheldon
Production Executive
Norman T. Herman
Producer
Lawrence Gordon
Barry De Vorzon
Original Music Composer
Jordan Cronenweth
Director of Photography
Frank P. Keller
Editor
Mike Fenton
Casting
Jane Feinberg
Stephen Myles Berger
Art Direction
Charlene Roberson
Makeup Artist
Joseph Lenzi
Assistant Director
William H. Burton Sr.
Stunt Coordinator
Ron Veto
Rigging Grip
Nancy McArdle
Wardrobe Designer
Greg Van Dyke
Transportation Coordinator
Paul Schrader
Original Story
Heywood Gould
Screenplay