cast
- Ralph Macchio
- Eugene Martone
- Joe Seneca
- Willie Brown
- Jami Gertz
- Frances
- Joe Morton
- Scratch's assistant
- Robert Judd
- Scratch
- Steve Vai
- Jack Butler
- Dennis Lipscomb
- Lloyd
- Harry Carey, Jr.
- Bartender
- John Hancock
- Sheriff Tilford
- Allan Arbus
- Dr. Santis
- Gretchen Palmer
- Beautiful Girl/Dancer
- Tim Russ
- Robert Johnson
- Akosua Busia
- Woman at boardinghouse
- Johnny M. Reyes
- Orderly
- Terry L. Evans
- Keyboard
- Ed Walsh
- Harley Terhune
- Angela Louise Robinson
- Jookhouse Woman
- Natasha Peacock
- Young Girl at Crossroads
- Tex Donaldson
- John McGraw
- Diane Robin
- Nurse
- Gloria Delaney
- Jookhouse Woman #1
- Guy Killum
- Willie at 17
- Deborra Hampton
- Jookhouse Woman
- Royce Wallace
- Hotel Proprietress
- Jason Ross
- Jookhouse Man
- Diana Bellamy
- Hospital Supervisor
- Richard Shubby Holmes
- Bass Guitar
- Otis Taylor
- Lead Guitar
- Leslie Morris
- Bus Station Clerk
- Le Van Hawkins
- Jookhouse Man
- John Price
- Drum
- Jo Marie Payton-France
- Jookhouse Woman
- Wally Taylor
- O.Z.
- Alan Lee Graf
- Alvin
- Al Fann
- Pawnbroker
- Agnes Narciso
- Miss Narciso
- J.W. Smith
- Man at Auto Wrecking Yard
- Frank Frost
- Harmonicist/Vocalist
crew
- Walter Hill
- Director
- Mark Carliner
- Producer
- Tim Zinnemann
- Producer
- John Fusco
- Screenwriter
- Thomas Baum
- Screenwriter
- John Bailey
- Cinematographer
- Ry Cooder
- Composer (Music Score)
- Freeman Davies, Jr.
- Editor
- Jack T. Collis
- Production Designer
- Albert Heschong
- Art Director
- James Tocci
- Set Designer
- Nancy Patton
- Set Designer
- Barbara Siebert-Boticoff
- Costume Designer
- Dan Moore
- Costume Designer
- Lawrence James Cavanaugh
- Special Effects
- Al Laverde
- Key Grip
- Michael Germain
- Makeup
