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 | Ed | |
Burt Reynolds | Lewis | |
Ned Beatty | Bobby | |
Ronny Cox | Drew | |
Ed Ramey | Old Man | |
Billy Redden | Lonnie | |
Seamon Glass | First Griner | |
Randall Deal | Second Griner | |
Bill McKinney | Mountain Man | |
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward | Toothless Man | |
Lewis Crone | First Deputy | |
Ken Keener | Second Deputy | |
Johnny Popwell | Ambulance Driver | |
John Fowler | Doctor | |
Kathy Rickman | Nurse | |
Louise Coldren | Mrs. Biddiford | |
Peter Ware | Taxi Driver | |
James Dickey | Sheriff Bullard | |
Macon McCalman | Deputy Queen | |
Hoyt Pollard | Boy at Gas Station | |
Belinda Beatty | Martha Gentry | |
Charley Boorman | Ed's Boy |
Director | John Boorman | |
Writer | James Dickey, John Boorman | |
Producer | John Boorman, Charles Orme | |
Photography | Vilmos Zsigmond |