Jack Lemmon
Hildebrand Johnson

Walter Matthau
Walter Burns

Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant

Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff

David Wayne
Roy Bensinger

Allen Garfield
Kruger

Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams

Charles Durning
Murphy

Herb Edelman
Schwartz

Martin Gabel
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer

Harold Gould
Mayor

Cliff Osmond
Officer Jacobi

Dick O'Neill
McHugh

Carol Burnett
Mollie Malloy

Paul Benedict
Plunkett

Allen Jenkins
Telegrapher

Biff Elliot
Police Dispatcher

Lou Frizzell
Endicott

Doro Merande
Jennie

Noam Pitlik
Wilson

Joshua Shelley
Cab Driver

John Furlong
Duffy

Leonard Bremen
Butch