"The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate."
Robert Redford
as Henry Brubaker
Yaphet Kotto
as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
Jane Alexander
as Lillian Gray
Murray Hamilton
as John Deach
David Keith
as Larry Lee Bullen
Morgan Freeman
as Walter
Matt Clark
as Roy Purcell
Tim McIntire
as Huey Rauch
Richard Ward
as Abraham Cook
Jon Van Ness
as Zaranska
M. Emmet Walsh
as C.P. Woodward
Albert Salmi
as Rory Poke
Linda Haynes
as Carol
Everett McGill
as Eddie Caldwell
Val Avery
as Wendel
Ron Frazier
as Burl Willets (as Ronald C. Frazier)
David Harris
as Duane Spivey (as David D. Harris)
Joe Spinell
as Floyd Birdwell
James Keane
as Pinky
Konrad Sheehan
as Glenn Elwood
Roy Poole
as Dr. Gregory
Nathan George
as Leon Edwards - Prison Board
Don Blakely
as Jerome Boyd
Lee Richardson
as Warden Renfro
John McMartin
as Senator Charles Hite
Alex Brown
as Fenway Park (as Alex A. Brown)
John Chappell
as Captain Cleaves
Brent Jennings
as Mr. Clarence (as Brent N. Jennings)
Harry Groener
as Dr. Campbell
William Newman
as Dunfield - Prison Board (as William M. Newman)
Noble Willingham
as Dr. Fenster
Wilford Brimley
as Rogers - Prison Board
Jane Cecil
as Bea Williams - Prison Board
Ebbe Roe Smith
as Pavitch
Young Hwa Han
as Leonard Ng
Vic Polizos
as Billy Baylock
Jack O'Leary
as Floor Walker
James Dukas
as Oafish Rankman
J.C. Quinn
as Barber
Jerry Mayer
Kent Broadhurst
as Whitley
Hazen Gifford
as Partridge
Bill McNulty
as Richards
Rob Garrison
as Pretty Boy
Ritch Brinkley
as Gate Guard
Gary A. Jones
as Investigative Reporter (uncredited)
Nicolas Cage
as Prisoner (uncredited)
W.D. Richter
Screenplay
Stuart Rosenberg
Director
Ron Silverman
Producer
Enrique Bravo
Camera Operator
Ted Mann
Executive Producer
Lalo Schifrin
Original Music Composer
Gordon A. Webb
Associate Producer
Story
Arthur A. Ross
Bruno Nuytten
Director of Photography
Robert Brown
Editor
Terry Liebling
Casting
J. Michael Riva
Art Direction
Unit Production Manager
Jon C. Andersen
Assistant Director
D. Scott Easton
Second Assistant Director
John Franco Jr.
Set Decoration
John Zemansky
Property Master
Hendrik Wynands
Construction Coordinator
Tom Bronson
Costumer
Bernie Pollack
Aida Swinson
Gary Liddiard
Makeup Artist
Marina Pedraza
Hairstylist
Vincent Saizis
Additional Photography
Joe Pender
Gaffer
Doug Willis
Key Grip
Steve Wever
Still Photographer
Chip Fowler
Production Coordinator
Mickey Gilbert
Stunt Coordinator
Charles M. Wilborn
Sound Mixer
Aram Betkijian
Transportation Coordinator
Robert Rooy
Additional Second Assistant Director
Garrison True
Extras Casting
Mary Gaffney
Willie Navarro
Assistant Editor
William Hartman
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Sperber
David M. Ice
Godfrey Marks
Dialogue Editor
Theodore Soderberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Wells
Douglas O. Williams
Jack Hayes
Orchestrator