"Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance."
John Heard
as Juleson
Thomas G. Waites
as Chilly
Mike Kellin
as Red
Richard Bright
as Nunn
Joe Grifasi
as Morris
Lane Smith
as Blake
Richard Hayes
as Stick
Hector Troy
as Gasolino
Richard Jamieson
as Carpenter
Tom Toner
as Warden
Ron Faber
as Manning
David Clennon
as Psychiatrist
Don Blakely
as Tate
J.C. Quinn
as Luther
Eddie Jones
as Olson
Ben Slack
as Clemmons
James Remar
as Larson
Dave McCalley
as Redmond
Ludwick Villani
as Candy
John Taylor
as Schulte
Ivan Yount
as Inmate
Ralph Hobbs
as Zeke
David Berman
as Caterpillar
Dominic Chianese
as Mendoza (uncredited)
James Johnson
as Therapy Session
Ralph Basalla
as Processor
Raphael D. Silver
Director
Red Fletcher
Props
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Ray Greenfield
Assistant Director Trainee
Michael Haley
Assistant Director
Malcolm Braly
Screenplay
Leon Harris
Art Direction
Robert Harris Jr.
Costume Design
Alan Metzger
Director of Photography
Charles Gross
Original Music Composer
Associate Producer
Michael Rauch
Production Manager
Novel
Steve Kesten
Production Consultant
Ronald G. Cogswell
Production Sound Mixer
William H. Steiner
Camera Operator
Alex Pfau
Sound Editor
Howard Feuer
Casting
Pam Raklewicz
Boom Operator
Pat Blymyer
Gaffer
John Franco
Script Supervisor
Jerry Deats
Key Grip
Dorothy Williams
Production Secretary
Steven Felder
Extras Casting
Arnold Kapnick
Still Photographer
Jeremy Ritzer
Lee Dichter
Sound Mixer
Geoffrey Erb
First Assistant Camera
Marjorie Deutsch
Assistant Editor
Evan A. Lottman
Editor
Joan Micklin Silver
Producer
David Green
Assistant Camera
Mike Weathers
Best Boy Electric
Al Alexander
Grip
John Hogan
Construction Manager