 | Burt Reynolds als Bobby "Gator" McKlusky |
 | Jennifer Billingsley als Lou |
 | Ned Beatty als Sheriff J.C. Connors |
 | Bo Hopkins als Ray Boone |
 | Matt Clark als Dude Watson |
 | Louise Latham als Martha Culpepper |
 | Diane Ladd als Maggie |
 | R. G. Armstrong als Big Bear |
 | Conlan Carter als Deputy |
 | Dabbs Greer als Pa McKlusky |
| Lincoln Demyan als Warden |
 | John Steadman als Skeeter |
| Iris Korn als Ma McKlusky |
 | Stephanie Burchfield als Jenny |
| Barbara Müller als Louella |
| Robert Ginnaven als Harvey |
| Fay Martin als Sister Linda Fay |
| Richard Allin als Treasury Agent |
| Bill Bond als Treasury Agent |
| Sherry Boucher als Sherry Lynne |
 | Glenn R. Wilder als Junior |
 | Dick Ziker als Highway Patrol |
 | Buddy Joe Hooker als Highway Patrol |
| Cathy Finley als Student |
 | Laura Dern als Sharon Anne (uncredited) |
| Bob Meriwether als Treasury Agent (uncredited) |
| Jules V. Levy | Producer |
| Arthur Gardner | Producer |
| Edward Rosson | Director of Photography |
| George Jay Nicholson | Editor |
| Ross Brown | Casting |
| Joseph Sargent | Director |
| Charles Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Eric Gorder | Set Decoration |
| William W. Norton | Writer |
| John Lipow | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Hal Needham | Stunt Coordinator |
| Hal Needham | Stunt Double |
| Arnold Laven | Producer |
| Michael Butler | Costume Design |
| Tom Ellingwood | Makeup Artist |
| Marlene Kolstad | Hairdresser |
| Elliot Schick | Production Manager |
| Mel Efros | Second Assistant Director |
| Hal Needham | Second Unit Director |
| Edward Teets | Assistant Director |
| Tom Fairbanks | Property Master |
| Craig Binkley | Assistant Property Master |
| Donald F. Johnson | Sound |
| Marvin Kerner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Hal Watkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kenneth Schwarz | Boom Operator |
| Cliff Wenger | Special Effects |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunts |
| Hal Needham | Stunts |
| Glenn R. Wilder | Stunts |
| Jack L. Richards | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| John Isaacs | Gaffer |
| Edmond L. Koons | Camera Operator |
| Ken Mazawa | First Assistant Camera |
| Walter Nichols | Rigging Gaffer |
| Ed Nielsen | First Assistant Camera |
| Phil Segura | Still Photographer |
| Lonnie Stewart | Grip |
| Frank Tureen | First Assistant Camera |
| Gary Van Auken | Key Grip |
| Joseph Viveros | Grip |
| Paul Vombrack | Camera Operator |
| Julian Wilson | First Assistant Camera |
| Michael Butler | Wardrobe Master |
| Jean Gingerich | Location Manager |
| John Caper Jr. | Music Editor |
| Richard Nash | Musician |
| Natalie Drache | Script Supervisor |
| Paul Casella Jr. | Transportation Coordinator |
| Jerry F. Johnson | Driver |
| Howard A. Small | Driver |
| Hank Nesel | Driver |
| James Womack | Driver |
| Teresa Stokovic | Production Secretary |
