Main Cast:
* Gene Hackman as Lieutenant Colonel "Mad Dog" Morrow
* Harve Presnell as Colonel "The Fox" Brody
* Catherine Deneuve as Anna (as Catherine Deneuve)
* Chuck Connors as Major "Gunner" Gunn
* Roy Scheider as Sergeant "The Turk" Turkle
* David Opatoshu as Captain "The Butcher" Boudnikoff
* Tom Berenger as Private "Youngblood" McLaughlin
* Eli Wallach as Captain "The Colonel" Kravitz
* Henry Silva as Colonel "The Wolf" Petrovski
Supporting Cast:
* Jack Palance as General "The Bear" Borodin
* Frederic Forrest as Sergeant "The Sandman" Anderson
* Dana Andrews as General "The Lion" Marceau
* Robert Webber as General "The Condor" Duval
* Richard Roundtree as Sergeant "The Hawk" Hawkins
* James Whitmore as General "The Eagle" Foy
* Stephen Elliott as Private "The Kid" Karp
* Michael Conrad as Sergeant "The General" Jenkins
* Richard Jaeckel as Captain "The Panther" Rucker
* James Hampton as Sergeant "The Mule" Henderson
* John Beck as Sergeant "The Bull" Sargent
This is not an exhaustive list, but it includes the most prominent cast members.