 | Edward James Olmos als Jaime A. Escalante |
 | Lou Diamond Phillips als Angel Guzman |
 | Rosanna DeSoto als Fabiola Escalante |
 | Andy García als Dr. Ramirez |
 | Estelle Harris als Secretary |
 | Mark Phelan als Cop |
 | Virginia Paris als Raquel Ortega |
 | Eliot als Tito (as Mark Eliot) |
| Adelaida Alvarez als Sexy Girl |
 | Carmen Argenziano als Molina |
 | Bodie Olmos als Fernando Escalante |
 | Vanessa Marquez als Ana Delgado |
| Graham Galloway als Craig |
 | Daniel Villarreal als Chuco |
| Manuel Benitez als Heavy Metal Boy |
| Will Gotay als Pancho Garcia |
| Ingrid Oliu als Lupe Escobar |
| Karla Montana als Claudia Camejo |
 | Lydia Nicole als Rafaela Fuentes |
| Betty Carvalho als Angel's Grandma |
 | Irene Olga López als Lupe's Mother |
| Ramón Menéndez | Writer |
| Tom Musca | Writer |
| Nancy Richardson | Editor |
| Tom Richmond | Director of Photography |
| Hamilton Sterling | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Craig Safan | Original Music Composer |
| Lindsay Law | Executive Producer |
| Tom Musca | Producer |
| Iya Labunka | Associate Producer |
| Milo | Art Direction |
| Kathryn Morrison | Costume Design |
| Jaki Brown | Casting |
| Toni Livingston | Casting |
| Iya Labunka | Production Manager |
| Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt | First Assistant Director |
| John Scherer | Second Assistant Director |
| Vicki Rocco | Production Coordinator |
| Vicki Rocco | Production Accountant |
| Chris Lombardi | First Assistant Camera |
| Rob Sweeney | Second Assistant Camera |
| Shaun Madigan | Gaffer |
| Amy C. Halpern | Electrician |
| Michael R. Thorpe | Electrician |
| Russ St. John | Key Grip |
| John St. John | Best Boy Grip |
| Stephen Halbert | Sound Mixer |
| Barry Bookin | Boom Operator |
| Dee Mansano | Makeup Supervisor |
| Dee Mansano | Hair Supervisor |
| Vered Hochman | Makeup & Hair |
| Zeca Seabra | Costumer |
| Yvonne Cervantes | Costumer |
| Larry Litton | Location Manager |
| Arlan Jay Vetter | Assistant Art Director |
| Lisa De Alva | Property Master |
| Sydney Gilner | Script Supervisor |
| Perry Husman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Nancy Richardson | Post Production Supervisor |
| Barbara Riley | Negative Cutter |
| Peter Foster | ADR Editor |
| Stuart Copely | Dialogue Editor |
| Frank Smathers | Dialogue Editor |
| Duncan Burns | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jane Lang | Foley Editor |
| Michael Dressel | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Ken Johnson | Music Editor |
| Steve Livingston | Music Editor |
| Wayne Heitman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Matthew Iadarola | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ramón Menéndez | Director |
