"Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance."
John Heard
as Juleson
Thomas G. Waites
as Chilly
Mike Kellin
as Red
Richard Bright
as Nunn
Joe Grifasi
as Morris
Lane Smith
as Blake
Richard Hayes
as Stick
Hector Troy
as Gasolino
Richard Jamieson
as Carpenter
Tom Toner
as Warden
Ron Faber
as Manning
David Clennon
as Psychiatrist
Don Blakely
as Tate
J.C. Quinn
as Luther
Eddie Jones
as Olson
Ben Slack
as Clemmons
James Remar
as Larson
Dave McCalley
as Redmond
Ludwick Villani
as Candy
John Taylor
as Schulte
Ivan Yount
as Inmate
Ralph Hobbs
as Zeke
David Berman
as Caterpillar
Dominic Chianese
as Mendoza (uncredited)
James Johnson
as Therapy Session
Ralph Basalla
as Processor
Raphael D. Silver
Director
Malcolm Braly
Novel
Screenplay
Michael Haley
Associate Producer
Alan Metzger
Director of Photography
Charles Gross
Original Music Composer
Leon Harris
Art Direction
Robert Harris Jr.
Costume Design
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Michael Rauch
Production Manager
Ray Greenfield
Assistant Director Trainee
Assistant Director
Red Fletcher
Props
Steve Kesten
Production Consultant
John Franco
Script Supervisor
William H. Steiner
Camera Operator
Geoffrey Erb
First Assistant Camera
Steven Felder
Extras Casting
Pat Blymyer
Gaffer
Jerry Deats
Key Grip
Ronald G. Cogswell
Production Sound Mixer
Pam Raklewicz
Boom Operator
Alex Pfau
Sound Editor
Marjorie Deutsch
Assistant Editor
Arnold Kapnick
Still Photographer
Dorothy Williams
Production Secretary
Lee Dichter
Sound Mixer
Howard Feuer
Casting
Jeremy Ritzer
Evan A. Lottman
Editor
Joan Micklin Silver
Producer
David Green
Assistant Camera
Mike Weathers
Best Boy Electric
Al Alexander
Grip
John Hogan
Construction Manager