Tom Moore
Director
Ed Berke
as
Dawson Cates
Sissy Spacek
as
Jessie Cates
Michael Kenworthy
as
Kenny Cates
Anne Bancroft
as
Thelma Cates
Randa Haines
Director
Lynne Marie Stewart
as
Announcer
Leigh French
as
Announcer
Philip Bosco
as
Dr. Curtis Franklin
E. Katherine Kerr
as
Mary Lee Ochs
Boon Collins
Director
Stephen E. Miller
as
Guide
Dan Haggerty
as
Joe Evans
Rob Morton
as
Search Party
Roy Waggoner
as
Search Party
John Badham
Director
John Badham
as
Cameraman
Marvin J. McIntyre
as
Duke
Austin Pendleton
as
Howard Marner
Barbara Tarbuck
as
Senator Mills
Michael Ritchie
Director
Eddie Murphy
as
Chandler Jarrell
Shakti Chen
as
Kala
Charles Dance
as
Sardo Numspa
Frank Welker
as
The Thing
Mike Nichols
Director
Kenneth Welsh
as
Dr. Appel
Jack Gilpin
as
Ellis
Natasha Lyonne
as
Rachel's Niece
Christian Clemenson
as
Sidney
John Landis
Director
Joe Mantegna
as
Harry Flugleman
Martin Short
as
Ned Nederlander
Hector Elias
as
Pedro
Randy Newman
as
Singing Bush
Susan Shadburne
Director
Delia Salvi
as
Bette
Al Strobel
as
Byron
Cloris Leachman
as
Millie Crown
Dee Wallace
as
Morgan Hanna
Frank Oz
Director
Bill Murray
as
Arthur Denton
Tisha Campbell-Martin
as
Chiffon
Christopher Guest
as
The First Customer
John Candy
as
Wink Wilkinson
John Irvin
Director
Victor Argo
as
Dangerous Man
Darren McGavin
as
Harry Shannon
Leon Rippy
as
Man in Tux
Arnold Schwarzenegger
as
Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner
James Cameron
Director
Paul Reiser
as
Carter Burke
Sigourney Weaver
as
Ellen Ripley
James Remar
as
Hicks
Bill Paxton
as
Pvt. Hudson
Howard Deutch
Director
Andrew Dice Clay
as
Bouncer
Jon Cryer
as
Duckie
Gina Gershon
as
Girl Friend / Gym Class
James Spader
as
Steff
Robert Harmon
Director
Jeffrey DeMunn
as
Captain Esteridge
C. Thomas Howell
as
Jim Halsey
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as
Nash
Henry Darrow
as
Trooper Hancock
John Carpenter
Director
James Lew
as
Chang Sing #1
Kim Cattrall
as
Gracie Law
Kurt Russell
as
Jack Burton
Jerry Hardin
as
Pinstripe Lawyer
Tung-Shing Yee
Director
Bing-Chuen Cheung
as
Yun-Fat Chow
as
Chung
Tony Chiu Wai Leung
as
Doggie
Season Ma
as
Teacher
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
Pamela Reed
as
Gigi Hightower
Robin Williams
as
Jack Dundee
Kurt Russell
as
Reno Hightower
R.G. Armstrong
as
Schutte
John Hughes
Director
Jeffrey Jones
as
Ed Rooney
Cindy Pickett
as
Katie Bueller
Mia Sara
as
Sloane Peterson
Lyman Ward
as
Tom Bueller
Jim Wynorski
Director
Toni Naples
as
Lead Bathing Beauty
Mary Woronov
as
Mary Bland
Arthur Roberts
as
Mr. Todd
Rodney Eastman
as
Shoplifter
Godfrey Ho
Director
Nancy Chan
as
James Chan
as
Richard Harrison
as
Ninja master Harry
Paulo Tocha
as
(uncredited)
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