"Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons."
Jeff Bridges
as Preston Tucker
Joan Allen
as Vera
Martin Landau
as Abe
Frederic Forrest
as Eddie
Mako
as Jimmy
Dean Stockwell
as Howard Hughes
Christian Slater
as Junior
Nina Siemaszko
as Marilyn Lee
Marshall Bell
as Frank
Peter Donat
as Kerner
Elias Koteas
as Alex
Jay O. Sanders
as Kirby
Corin Nemec
as Noble
Don Novello
as Stan
Anders Johnson
as Johnny
Dean Goodman
as Bennington
John X. Heart
as Ferguson's Agent
Patti Austin
as Millie
Sandy Bull
as Stan's Assistant
Joe Miksak
as Judge
Scott Beach
as Floyd Cerf
Roland Scrivner
as Oscar Beasley
Bob Safford
as Narrator (voice)
Larry Menkin
as Doc
Ron Close
as Fritz
Joe Flood
as Dutch
Leonard Gardner
as Gas Station Owner
Bill Bonham
as Garage Owner
Abigail van Alyn
as Ferguson's Secretary #1
Taylor Gilbert
as Ferguson's Secretary #2
David Booth
as Man in Hall
as Woman on Steps
Al Hart
as Newscaster (voice)
Cab Covay
as Security Guard
James Cranna
as Man in Audience
Bill Reddick
as Board Member
Ed Loerke
as Mayor
Jay Jacobus
as Head Engineer
Anne Lawder
as Bennington's Secretary
Jeanette Lana Sartain
as Singing Girl #1
Mary Buffett
as Singing Girl #2
Annie Stocking
as Singing Girl #3
Michael McShane
as Recording Engineer
Hope Alexander-Willis
as Tucker's Secretary #1
Taylor Young
as Tucker's Secretary #2
Jim Giovanni
as Police Sergeant
Joe Lerer
as Reporter at Trial
Morgan Upton
as Ingram
Ken Grantham
as SEC Agent
Mark Anger
as Blue
Al Nalbandian
as Jury Foreman
Lloyd Bridges
as Senator Homer Ferguson (uncredited)
Sofia Coppola
as Girl at Mellon Publicity Event (uncredited)
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
Melissa Dietz
Dialogue Editor
Steve M. Davison
Stunts
Tim A. Davison
Gary McLarty
Jimmy Nickerson
Doug von Koss
Leadman
John J. Rutchland Jr.
Construction Coordinator
Jonathan Shedd
Assistant Location Manager
Susan Griffin
Joe Murphy
Production Accountant
Linda Knechtli
Assistant Accountant
Kimberly Nelson
Production Secretary
Susan Landau Finch
Unit Publicist
Paula Tracy-Smuin
Choreographer
Billy Clevenger
First Assistant Camera
Michael Santy
Doug Hunt
Second Assistant Camera
Deborah Morgan
Anne Polland
Key Costumer
Jill Maley
Louis Infante
Karen Bradley
Assistant Makeup Artist
Terry Baliel
Assistant Hairstylist
Dennis Pope
Grip
Leo Loverro
Dolly Grip
David Heron
Roderick W. Finney
Assistant Editor
Tom Bellfort
ADR Editor
Louise Rubacky
Diana Pellegrini
Foley Editor
Sandina Bailo-Lape
Mildred Iatrou
Assistant Sound Designer
Paige Sartorius
Assistant Sound Editor
Michele Perrone
Clare C. Freeman
Martha Pike
E. Jeane Putnam
Nicole Boris
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
Steve Collins
Transportation Coordinator
Dick Ziker
Arnold Schulman
Screenplay
David Seidler
Fred Fuchs
Producer
Fred Roos
Vittorio Storaro
Director of Photography
Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Editor
Wilma Garscadden-Gahret
Script Supervisor
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Jane Jenkins
Dean Tavoularis
Production Design
Alex Tavoularis
Art Direction
Armin Ganz
Set Decoration
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
Judianna Makovsky
Assistant Costume Designer
Winnie D. Brown
Costume Supervisor
Pat Fitzsimmons
Gaffer
Gloria S. Borders
Supervising Sound Editor
Joe Jackson
Original Music Composer
Mark Adler
Music Editor
Michael Evje
Production Sound Mixer
Richard Beggs
Sound Designer
Robert Shoup
Sound Effects Editor
Tim Holland
Lyndell Quiyou
Hairstylist
Richard Dean
Makeup Artist
Teri Fettis-D'Ovidio
Associate Producer
George Lucas
Executive Producer
Ian Bryce
Unit Production Manager
D. G. Fisher
Boom Operator
David Pier
Special Effects Supervisor
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
First Assistant Editor
Milena Canonero
Costume Designer
H. Gordon Boos
First Assistant Director
L. Dean Jones Jr.
Second Assistant Director
Daniel R. Suhart
Aleta Chappelle
Location Casting
Bob Goldstein
Set Designer
Jim Pohl
Rory Enke
Location Manager
Anahid Nazarian
Researcher
Maureen Murphy
Production Coordinator
Second Unit Director
Jamie Anderson
Camera Operator
Enrico Umetelli
Technical Advisor
Richard Dova Spah
Key Grip
Douglas E. Madison
Property Master
Douglas T. Madison
Assistant Property Master
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom
Tom Johnson
Robert Finley Jr.
Visual Effects
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist
Carmine Coppola
Additional Music