Gary Busey
as
Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly
Don Stroud
as
Jesse
Dick O'Neill
as
Sol Gittler
Kirk Douglas
Director
Kirk Douglas
as
Howard Nightingale
Bruce Dern
as
Jack Strawhorn
Louie Elias
as
Rains
Dick O'Neill
as
Wiley
Jean Smart
as
Doris
Dick O'Neill
as
Hinshaw - Pedroza's Attorney
Guy Boyd
as
Lambasino
Joaquín Martínez
as
Pedroza
Peter Werner
Director
Lea Thompson
as
Brianne Hawkins
Derek Cecil
as
Jeff Blogert
Patricia Kalember
as
Margaret Trainor
Dick O'Neill
as
Thomas Cleary
James Earl Jones
as
Barney Hill
Dick O'Neill
as
General James Davison
Vic Perrin
as
Narrator
Noriaki Yuasa
Director
Alan Oppenheimer
as
Dr. Contrare
Eiji Funakoshi
as
Dr. Hidaka
Dick O'Neill
as
Gen. O'Neill
Harrison Ford
as
Allie Fox
River Phoenix
as
Charlie Fox
Helen Mirren
as
Mother Fox
Dick O'Neill
as
Mr. Polski
Carl Reiner
Director
Howard Hesseman
as
Carnival Worker
Gene LeBell
as
Con Man
Dick O'Neill
as
Frosty
Carl Gottlieb
as
Iron Balls McGinty
Dick O'Neill
as
Bud Munsch
Ken Kercheval
as
Harry Jackson