"On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal."
Robert Redford
as Nathan Muir
Brad Pitt
as Tom Bishop
Catherine McCormack
as Elizabeth Hadley
Stephen Dillane
as Charles Harker
Larry Bryggman
as Troy Folger
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
as Gladys Jennip
Matthew Marsh
as Dr. Byars
Todd Boyce
as Robert Aiken
Michael Paul Chan
as Vincent Vy Ngo
Garrick Hagon
as Cy Wilson
Andrew Grainger
as Andrew Unger
Bill Buell
as Fred Kappler
Colin Stinton
as Henry Pollard
Ted Maynard
as CIA Administrator
Tom Hodgkins
as CIA Lobby Guard
Rufus Wright
as Folger's Secretary
Demetri Goritsas
as Billy Hyland
Quinn Collins
as OPS Center Security Officer
Sam Scudder
as Back Bencher
Yann Johnson
as CIA Back Bencher
Pat McGrath
as Cleaner
Shane Rimmer
as Estate Agent
David Hemmings
as Harry Duncan
James Aubrey
as Mitch Alford
In-sook Chappell
as Receptionist
Benedict Wong
as Tran
Ken Leung
as Li
Adrian Pang
as Jiang
Ho Yi
as Prison Warden
David Y. Cheung
as Down's Prisoner
Tony Xu
as Interrogator
Mark Sung
as Ambulance Driver
David K.S. Tse
as Prison Doctor
Logan Wong
as Prison Guard
Hon Ping Tang
Dan Tse
as Warden's Lieutenant
Vincent Wang
as Outer Gate Guard
Stuart Milligan
as Captain
Joseph Chanet
as VC General
Eddie Yeoh
as General Hun Chea
Freddie Joe Farnsworth
as Radioman
Joerg Stadler
as Schmidt
Zsolt Zágoni
as West German Businessman
Balázs Tardy
as VOPO No. 1
Pál Oberfrank
as VOPO No. 2
Géza Schramek
as East German Refugee
Imre Csuja
as Bar Owner
Melinda Völgyi
as Bar Owner's Wife
Károly Rékasi
as East German Border Guard
Kimberly Tufo
as Sandy
Iain Smith
as Ambassador Cathcart
Gregory Groth
as CIA Training Instructor
Peter Linka
as CIA Polygraph
Omid Djalili
as Doumet
Amidou
as Sheik's Doctor
Nabil Massad
as Sheik Salameh
Mohamed Picasso
as Colonel Ajami
Aziz Ait Essahmi
as Checkpoint Guard
Moustapha Moulay
as Arab Businessman
Mohamed Quatib
as Motorcyclist/Decoy Man
Farid Regragui
as Suicide Van Driver
Dale Dye
as Commander Wiley
Tim Briggs
as Heli Pilot
Frank Nall
as CNN Reporter
Ian Porter
as US-China Reporter
Charlotte Rampling
as Anne Cathcart
Philip Harvey
as Lift CIA Agent (uncredited)
Andy Nicholson
Art Direction
Harry Gregson-Williams
Original Music Composer
Norris Spencer
Production Design
Tony Scott
Director
Michael Frost Beckner
Screenplay
Marc Abraham
Producer
Dan Mindel
Director of Photography
David Arata
Christian Wagner
Editor
Louise Frogley
Costume Design
Douglas Wick
Bonnie Timmermann
Casting
Karin Anderson
Script Coordinator
Lucinda Syson
Anna Worley
Script Supervisor
Dominic Ackland-Snow
Carpenter
Jille Azis
Set Decoration
Charles Bodycomb
Armorer
Ferenc Ormos
Special Effects Coordinator
Saïd Raïs
Construction Coordinator
Trevor Wood
Special Effects Supervisor
Carmila Gittens
Art Department Coordinator
Ben Ansell
Art Department Assistant
Lizz Wolf
Assistant Costume Designer
Fríða Aradóttir
Hairstylist
Jean Ann Black
Makeup Artist
Alan Gilmore
Assistant Art Director
Tena Parker
Gary Liddiard
Robert Cowper
Graham Johnston
Steven Rosenblum
Additional Editing
David Leitch
Stunt Double
Stunts
Andy Merchant
Kelly Dent
Bradley Farmer
Greg Campbell
Stunt Coordinator
Theo Kypri
Ray De-Haan
Steve Dent
Rob Inch
Peter Katona
Reg Wayment
Richard Wu
Levente Lezsák
C.C. Smiff
Dominic Preece
Story
Adam Somner
Second Assistant Director
Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Music