| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alex Winitsky | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Arlene Sellers | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Bo Goldman | Crew | Crew | Additional Writing |
 Bo Welch | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Charles Mulvehill | Crew | Production | Unit Production Manager, Associate Producer |
 Craig McKay | Crew | Editing | Editor |
E. Thomas Case | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Evelyn Purcell | Crew | Directing | Second Unit Director |
Jamie Anderson | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
Jeff Haley | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Jerry Bick | Crew | Production | Producer |
Joe I. Tompkins | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
 Jonathan Demme | Crew | Directing | Director |
Kathryn Blondell | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
Kim Samson | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
Nancy Dowd | Crew | Writing | Writer |
Patrick Williams | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Peter Jamison | Crew | Art | Production Design |
R. Chris Westlund | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
 Ron Nyswaner | Crew | Crew | Additional Writing |
 Tak Fujimoto | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Larry Carow | Crew | Sound | Sound Editor |
David Pettijohn | Crew | Sound | Sound Editor |
Jerry O'Dell | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Vaune Kirby Frechette | Crew | Editing | Assistant Editor |
Michele Dittrick | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costumer |
Edward Brown Jr. | Crew | Camera | Assistant Camera |
 Alan Toy | Cast | Actor | Assistant Cribman |
 Alana Stewart | Cast | Actress | Frankie Parker |
 Belinda Carlisle | Cast | Actress | Jamboree Singer |
 Belita Moreno | Cast | Actress | Mabel Stoddard |
Beth Henley | Cast | Actress | Bible Pusher |
Casey MacGill | Cast | Musician (uncredited) | |
 Charles Napier | Cast | Actor | Moon Willis |
 Chris Lemmon | Cast | Actor | Lt. O'Connor |
 Christine Lahti | Cast | Actress | Hazel Zanussi |
 Cynthia Lea Clark | Cast | Actress | Dancer (uncredited) |
 Danny Darst | Cast | Actor | Deacon |
 Dennis Fimple | Cast | Actor | Rupert George |
 Dick Miller | Cast | Actor | Wallflower at the Swing Shift Jamboree (uncredited) |
Don Carrara | Cast | Drunk Sailor | |
 Ed Harris | Cast | Actor | Jack Walsh |
 Eddie Smith | Cast | Actor | Waiter at Kelly's |
 Eugene Jackson | Cast | Actor | Bartender at Kelly's |
 Fred Ward | Cast | Actor | Biscuits Toohey |
 Gary Goetzman | Cast | Actor | 'Swing Shift' Bandleader |
 Gene Borkan | Cast | Actor | M.P. at Embarkation |
George 'Red' Schwartz | Cast | Cribman | |
 Goldie Hawn | Cast | Actress | Kay Walsh |
 Harry Northup | Cast | Actor | New Year's Eve Marine #1 |
 Holly Hunter | Cast | Actress | Jeannie Sherman |
Isabell O'Connor | Cast | Actress | Rita |
 Joey Aresco | Cast | Actor | Johnny Bonnano |
 Kurt Russell | Cast | Actor | Lucky Lockhart |
 Lisa Pelikan | Cast | Actress | Violet Mulligan |
 Maggie Renzi | Cast | Actress | First Interviewer |
 Marvin Miller | Cast | Actor | Rollo |
Morris 'Tex' Biggs | Cast | Actor | Clarence |
 Penny Johnson Jerald | Cast | Actress | Genevieve |
 Reid Cruickshanks | Cast | Actor | Spike |
 Roger Corman | Cast | Actor | Mr. MacBride |
Roger Rook | Cast | Bellhop | |
 Sandy McLeod | Cast | Actress | Second Interviewer |
Sig Frohlich | Cast | Actor | Workman (uncredited) |
 Stephen Tobolowsky | Cast | Actor | French deMille / Documentary Narrator |
 Sudie Bond | Cast | Actress | Annie |
 Susan Barnes | Cast | Actress | Skinny |
 Susan Peretz | Cast | Actress | Edith Castle |
 Todd Allen | Cast | Actor | Cpl. Bobby Danzig |
 Danny Nero | Cast | Actor | Sailor (uncredited) |
Benjie Bancroft | Cast | Workman (uncredited) | |
 Bob Harks | Cast | Actor | Photographer at Funeral (uncredited) |
 Patty Maloney | Cast | Actress | Laverne |
 Chino 'Fats' Williams | Cast | Actor | Bouncer at Kelly's |
Boyd Cabeen | Cast | Actor | Workman (uncredited) |
Jim Michael | Cast | Actor | Bartender (uncredited) |
Harold Jackson | Cast | Piano Player at Sorrentino's | |
Jack R. Clinton | Cast | Workman (uncredited) | |
Oceana Marr | Cast | Actress | Ladies' Room Inspector |
Laura Hawn | Cast | Ethel | |
James Turley | Cast | Actor | Workman (uncredited) |
Phillip Christon | Cast | Recruit at Egyptian | |
Joseph Hutton | Cast | Seaman Amtzis | |
Deena Marie | Cast | Paper Girl | |
Lisa Chadwick | Cast | Vocalist at Kelly's | |
David B. Carlton | Cast | New Year's Eve Marine #2 | |
Luci-Lynn Norris | Cast | Neighbor (uncredited) | |
Jessica Gaynes | Cast | Peggy (age 7) | |
Patrice Cole | Cast | Soldier's Wife (uncredited) | |
Lissette LeCorn | Cast | Peggy (age 3) | |
Richard K. Way | Cast | Factory Soldier | |
John Marlin | Cast | Workman (uncredited) | |
Ian Bruce | Cast | Club Patron (uncredited) | |
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