Nick Nolte (Jerry Baskin), Bette Midler (Barbara, Daves Frau), Richard Dreyfuss (Dave Whiteman), Little Richard (Orvis Goodnight), Tracy Nelson (Jenny Whiteman), Elizabeth Peña (Carmen), Evan Richards (Max Whiteman), Paul Mazursky (Sidney Waxman), Valerie Curtin (Pearl Waxman), Barry Primus (Lou Waltzberg), Donald F. Muhich (Doctor von Zimmer), Jack Bruskoff (Mel Whiteman), Geraldine Dreyfuss (Sadie Whiteman), Irene Tsu (Sheila Waltzberg), Michael Yama (Nagamichi), Ranbir Bahi (Ranbir), Felton Perry (Al), Eloy Casados (Daniel 'Tom-Tom' Whitefeather), Michael Greene (Big Ed), Ken Koch (Patrick), Dorothy Tristan (Dorothy), Raymond Lee (Yamato), Carolyn Allport (Mädchen, das Kerouac füttert), Sue Kiel (Roxanne Philabosen), Reza Bashar (iranischer Nachbar), Joseph Makkar (Amir), Jason Williams (Lance), Darryl Henriques (Geraldo), Nick Ullett (Nigel), Michael Blue (Cop), Allan Malamud (Caterer), Salvador Espinoza (Assistent des Caterers), Michel Voletti (Maurice (als Michael Voletti)), Betsy Mazursky (stylishe Joggerin), Donald V. Allen (Wachmann), Neil Brooks Cunningham (Wachmann), Bobby Good (Einsatzplaner der Wache), Sandy Ignon (Barry), Margrit Rammé (Sandra Goodnight), Pearl Huang (Übersetzerin)