"Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country."
Jon Voight
as Ed Gentry
Burt Reynolds
as Lewis Medlock
Ned Beatty
as Bobby Trippe
Ronny Cox
as Drew Ballinger
Ed Ramey
as Old Man at the Gas-Station
Billy Redden
as Lonnie - The Banjo Boy
Seamon Glass
as First Griner
Randall Deal
as Second Griner
Bill McKinney
as Mountain Man
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward
as Toothless Man
Lewis Crone
as First Deputy
Ken Keener
as Second Deputy
Johnny Popwell
as Ambulance Driver
John Fowler
as Doctor
Kathy Rickman
as Nurse
Louise Coldren
as Mrs. Biddiford
Pete Ware
as Taxi Driver
James Dickey
as Sheriff Bullard
Macon McCalman
as Deputy Queen
Hoyt Pollard
as Boy at Gas Station
Belinda Beatty
as Martha Gentry
Charley Boorman
as Ed's Boy
John Boorman
Director
Novel
Producer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Tom Priestley
Editor
Screenplay
Morris Hoffman
Set Decoration
Fred Harpman
Art Direction
Ray Quiroz
Script Supervisor
Charles Wiggin
Other
E. Lewis King
Wallace Worsley Jr.
Production Supervisor
Al Jennings
Assistant Director
Miles Middough
Sue Dwiggins
Marcel Vercoutere
Special Effects
Bucky Rous
Wardrobe Supervisor
Michael Hancock
Makeup Artist
Donoene McKay
Hairstylist
Walter Goss
Sound Mixer
Jim Atkinson
Sound Editor
Ian Rakoff
Assistant Editor
Sven Walnum
Camera Operator
Earl Clark
Art Brooker
Key Grip
Jim Blair
Electrician
Rospo Pallenberg
Creative Consultant
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Eric Weissberg
Orchestrator
Doug E. Turner
Production Sound Mixer
Bill Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography
Sidney H. Greenwood
Property Master