 | Walter Cronkite als Himself - Host |
 | Richard Dreyfuss als President |
 | Noah Wyle als Buck |
 | Brian Dennehy als Gen. Bogan |
 | Sam Elliott als Congressman Raskob |
 | James Cromwell als Gordon Knapp |
 | John Diehl als Col. Cascio |
 | Hank Azaria als Prof. Groeteschele |
 | Norman Lloyd als Defense Secretary Swenson |
 | Bill Smitrovich als Gen. Stark |
 | Don Cheadle als Lt. Jimmy Pierce |
 | George Clooney als Col. Jack Grady |
 | Harvey Keitel als Brig. Gen. Warren Black |
 | Doris Belack als Mrs. Johnson |
 | Grant Heslov als Jimmy |
 | Will Rothhaar als Tommy Grady |
 | John Philbin |
| John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| George Clooney | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Frears | Director |
| Eugene Burdick | Novel |
| Harvey Wheeler | Novel |
| Harvey Wheeler | Co-Executive Producer |
| Walter Bernstein | Teleplay |
| Walter Bernstein | Co-Executive Producer |
| Troy Sizemore | Art Direction |
| Laura Ziskin | Executive Producer |
| Richard Hoover | Production Design |
| Molly Maginnis | Costume Design |
| Allen Payne | Hairstylist |
| Myke Michaels | Key Makeup Artist |
| Alice Baker | Set Decoration |
| Pamela Oas Williams | Executive Producer |
| Anthony Sepulveda | Casting |
| Kim M. Ferry | Key Hair Stylist |
| Barbara Miller | Casting |
| Amy Minda Cohen | Coordinating Producer |
| Eric J. Wilker | Associate Producer |
| Tom Park | Producer |
