Kris Kristofferson

James Averill

Christopher Walken

Nathan D. Champion

John Hurt

Billy Irvine

Sam Waterston

Frank Canton

Brad Dourif

Mr. Eggleston

Isabelle Huppert

Ella Watson

Joseph Cotten

The Reverend Doctor

Jeff Bridges

John L. Bridges

Ronnie Hawkins

Major Wolcott

Paul Koslo

Mayor Charlie Lezak

Geoffrey Lewis

Trapper Fred

Richard Masur

Cully

Rosie Vela

Beautiful girl

Mary Catherine Wright

Nell

Nicholas Woodeson

Small man

Stefan Shcherby

Big man

Waldemar Kalinowski

Photographer

Terry O'Quinn

Captain Minardi

Jack Conley

Morrison

Margaret Benczk

Mrs. Eggleston

Jim Knobeloch

George Kopestonsky

Erika Petersen

Mrs. Kopestonsky

Robin Bartlett

Mrs. Lezak

Tom Noonan

Jake

Marat Yusim

Russian Merchant

Aivars Smits

Michael Kovach

Gordana Rashovich

Mrs. Kovach

Jarlath Conroy

Mercenary in new suit

Allen Keller

Dudley

Caroline Kava

Stefka

Mady Kaplan

Kathia

Anna Thomson

Little Dot

Mickey Rourke

Nick Ray

T Bone Burnett

Heaven's Gate Band

Patricia Hodges

Jessie

Kevin McClarnon

Arapaho Brown

Kai Wulff

German Merchant

Steven Majstorovic

Czech Merchant

Gabriel Walsh

Zindel's Clerk

Norton Buffalo

Private

Jack Blessing

Emigrant Boy

Jerry Sullivan

Governor of Wyoming

Jerry McGee

Heaven's Gate Band

Cleve Dupin

Heaven's Gate Band

Stephen Bruton

Heaven's Gate Band

Sean Hopper

Heaven's Gate Band

David Mansfield

John DeCory - Skating Violinist

David S. Cass Sr.

Moustached Mercenary

Paul D'Amato

Bearded Mercenary

Peter Osusky

Peter

Ivan Kormanik

Ivan

Michael Christensen

Robert Steingart - Juggler

Anatoli Davydov

Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant

Nina Gaidarova

Bulgarian Emigrant's Wife

Wally McCleskey

Chicken Fighter

Gary Vezane

Canton's Bodyguard

H.P. Evetts

Wolcott's Bodyguard

Bruce Morgan

Miner - Mercenary

Bobby Faber

Class Marshal - Harvard

Judi Trott

Irvine's Girlfriend

Willem Dafoe

Willy (uncredited)

Loyd Catlett

Morrison's Sentry (uncredited)

Juli Erickson

Refugee (uncredited)

Barrie Holland

Policeman (uncredited)

Michael Cimino

Director

Michael Grillo

Asistente de Dirección

Brian W. Cook

Asistente de Dirección

Michael Stevenson

Second Assistant Director

Terry Needham

Second Assistant Director

Dennis Capps

Second Assistant Director

Richard Graves

Second Assistant Director

Michael Cimino

Guión, Guión Adaptado

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director de Fotografía

Jan Kiesser

Camera Operator

Michael Gershman

Assistant Camera

Eric Engler

Assistant Camera

Ken Nishino

Assistant Camera

David Mansfield

Compositor de la Música Original

Richard Adams

Sound Editor

Tom C. McCarthy

Sound Editor

Winston Ryder

Sound Editor

Curt Schulkey

Sound Editor

C. Darin Knight

Sound Mixer

James J. Klinger

Supervising Sound Editor

Joann Carelli

Music Supervisor

Malcolm Davies

Sound

Joann Carelli

Productor

United Artists

Compañía de Produccion

Denis O'Dell

Productor Ejecutivo

Charles Okun

Productor Ejecutivo

William Reynolds

Executive In Charge Of Post Production

Cis Corman

Casting Director

Tony Gaznick

Casting Director

Jane Hallaren

Casting Director

Verne Caruso

Estilista

Mary Keats

Estilista

Christine Allsopp

Maquilladora

Ken Chase

Maquilladora

Tom Hoerber

Maquilladora

Ben Nye

Maquilladora

Jerry O'Dell

Maquilladora

Connie Reeve

Maquilladora

J. Allen Highfill

Diseño de Vestuario

Thomas R. Burman

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Lisa Fruchtman

Editor

Gerald B. Greenberg

Editor

William Reynolds

Editor

Tom Rolf

Editor

Tambi Larsen

Diseño de Producción

Maurice Fowler

Dirección Artística

Spencer Deverell

Dirección Artística

James L. Berkey

Decorados

Josie MacAvin

Decorados

James Camomile

Special Effects

Stan Parks

Special Effects

Ken Pepiot

Special Effects

Samuel E. Price

Special Effects

Kevin Quibell

Special Effects

Paul Stewart

Special Effects

Eleanor Fazan

Choreographer

William H. Burton Sr.

Dobles

Hank Calia

Dobles

David S. Cass Sr.

Dobles

Loyd Catlett

Dobles

Tom Elliott

Dobles

H.P. Evetts

Dobles

Joe Finnegan

Dobles

Alan Gibbs

Dobles

Bill Hart

Dobles

Billy Hank Hooker

Dobles

Leroy Johnson

Dobles

George Orrison

Dobles

Larry Randles

Dobles

Chuck Waters

Dobles

Walter Scott

Dobles

Debbie Evans

Dobles

Buddy Van Horn

Stunt Coordinator