 | Harry Dean Stanton als Travis Henderson |
 | Nastassja Kinski als Jane Henderson |
 | Dean Stockwell als Walt Henderson |
 | Hunter Carson als Hunter Henderson |
 | Aurore Clément als Anne Henderson |
 | Bernhard Wicki als Doctor Ulmer |
 | John Lurie als 'Slater' |
 | Jeni Vici als 'Stretch' |
| Sally Norvell als 'Nurse Bibs' |
| Socorro Valdez als Carmelita |
| Claresie Mobley als Car Rental Clerk |
 | Viva als Woman on TV (as Viva Auder) |
 | Tom Farrell als Screaming Man |
| Sam Berry als Gas Station Attendant |
| Edward Fayton als Hunter's Friend |
| Justin Hogg als Hunter - Age 3 |
| Sharon Menzel als Comedienne |
| The Mydolls als Rehearsing Band |
| Brandy Tipton als Hunter's Girlfriend (scenes deleted) |
| Allison Anders | Production Assistant |
| Robby Müller | Director of Photography |
| Wim Wenders | Director |
| Wim Wenders | Producer |
| Anatole Dauman | Producer |
| Peter Przygodda | Editor |
| Anne Schnee | Assistant Editor |
| Anne Kuljian | Set Decoration |
| Ry Cooder | Original Music Composer |
| Greg Gardiner | Gaffer |
| Sam Shepard | Writer |
| Don Guest | Producer |
| Pascale Dauman | Associate Producer |
| Chris Sievernich | Executive Producer |
| Gary Chason | Casting Director |
| Kate Altman | Art Direction |
| Birgitta Bjerke | Costume Design |
| Claire Denis | Assistant Director |
| Dominique Auvray | Sound Editor |
| Jean-Paul Mugel | Sound Mixer |
| Douglas Axtell | Boom Operator |
| L.M. Kit Carson | Writer |
| Agnès Godard | First Assistant Camera |
| Joachim von Mengershausen | Commissioning Editor |
| Dean Lent | Production Assistant |
| Barbara von Weitershausen | Thanks |
| Martin Schäfer | Camera Operator |
| Robert K. Feldmann | Grip |
| Robert K. Feldmann | Key Grip |
| Hartmut Eichgrün | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Karen Koch | Production Manager |
| Barbara Lucey | Accountant |
| Sheila Possner | Casting Coordinator |
| Udo Heiland | Post-Production Manager |
| Helen Caldwell | Script Supervisor |
| Craig Busch | Assistant Property Master |
| Craig Busch | Props |
| Walter Donohue | Story Editor |
| Karoly Balazs | Makeup & Hair |
| Patric Kreuzer | Production Assistant |
| Pim Tjujerman | First Assistant Camera |
| Scott Kirby | Production Assistant |
| Susan Elkins | Location Manager |
| James Thompson | Location Manager |
| Arthur Blum | Best Boy Grip |
| Michael Helfand | Second Assistant Director |
| Dianne Mapp-Cheek | Production Coordinator |
| Kimberly Buckley | Property Master |
| Kevin Galbraith | Electrician |
| Lorrie Brown | Assistant Art Director |
| Scott Guthrie | Best Boy Electric |
| Robin Holland | Still Photographer |
| Roberta Elkins | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Sherry McBride | Catering |
| Ron Mitchell | Production Assistant |
| Bonna Newman | Production Assistant |
