"Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on."
Matt Dillon
as Rusty James
Mickey Rourke
as The Motorcycle Boy
Diane Lane
as Patty
Dennis Hopper
as Father
Diana Scarwid
as Cassandra
Vincent Spano
as Steve
Nicolas Cage
as Smokey
Chris Penn
as B.J. Jackson
Laurence Fishburne
as Midget
William Smith
as Patterson the Cop
Michael Higgins
as Mr. Harrigan
Glenn Withrow
as Biff Wilcox
Tom Waits
as Benny
Herb Rice
as Black Pool Player
Maybelle Wallace
as Late Pass Clerk
Nona Manning
as Patty's Mom
Sofia Coppola
as Donna
Gian-Carlo Coppola
as Cousin James
S.E. Hinton
as Hooker on Strip
Emmett Brown
as Mr. Dobson
Tracey Walter
as Alley Mugger
Lance Guecia
Bob Maras
as Policeman
J.T. Turner
as Math Teacher
Keeva Clayton
as Lake Girl
Kirsten Hayden
Karen Parker
Sussannah Darcy
Kristi Somers
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
Screenplay
Dean Tavoularis
Production Design
Richard Beggs
Sound Designer
Fred Roos
Producer
Barry Malkin
Editor
Novel
Doug Claybourne
Stephen H. Burum
Director of Photography
Stewart Copeland
Original Music Composer
August Coppola
Thanks
Robert Randles
Music Editor
Daniel R. Suhart
Dialogue Coach
Marjorie Bowers
Costume Design
Executive Producer
Thomas M. Hammel
Unit Production Manager
Edward Beyer
Supervising Sound Editor
Laurel Walter
Producer's Assistant
Dustin Blauvelt
Assistant Camera
James Zenk
Still Photographer
Tim McNally
Makeup Artist
Dennis Gassner
Graphic Designer
Robert C. Goldstein
Set Designer
Kurt Ehlers
Construction Foreman
John Robert Askew
Extras Casting
Steven Hiller
Second Assistant Camera
Associate Producer
Allan Kuhn
Assistant Property Master
Jeff Block
Key Grip
John J. Rutchland Jr.
Construction Coordinator
Maurice Schell
Sound Editor
Douglas
Property Master
Ernest Misko
Costume Supervisor
C.J. Appel
Marissa De Guzman
Assistant Sound Editor
Janet Hirshenson
Additional Casting
Jeff Kennemore
Dennis Dion
Special Effects Coordinator
Kevin Lee
Tom Bellfort
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Sandy King
Script Supervisor
Nick F. Caprarelli
Leadman
Randy Thom
Sound Recordist
William Jakubecy
Transportation Captain
Mark Rathaus
Lou Tobin
Gaffer
Ben Beaird
Dolly Grip
Bill Fleming
Grip
John J. Rutchland III
Robert Spurlock
Special Effects
Larry Lydia
Corky Coble
Projection
Richard Fitzgerald
Craft Service
Sue Belknap
Set Dresser
David Parker
Sound Mixer
Martin Bresin
John O'Connell
Set Painter
Billy Hank Hooker
Stunts
David Valdes
First Assistant Director
Mark Radcliffe
Second Assistant Director
Teri Fettis-D'Ovidio
Production Coordinator
Ted Bokhof
Camera Operator
Mary Swanson
Set Decoration
John Englert
Best Boy Grip
James Austin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Alex Skvorzov
Best Boy Electric
Michael Jacobi
Roman Coppola
Leslie Shatz
Dialogue Editor
Paul Tompkins
Location Manager
Donald Elmblad
Susan Mills
Hairstylist
Peter Tothpal
Jack Bauer
Joseph W. Hunt
Transportation Coordinator
Tim A. Davison
Freddie Hice
Dick Ziker