"Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy."
Burt Reynolds
as Nick 'Mex' Escalante
Karen Young
as Holly
Peter MacNicol
as Cyrus Kinnick
Howard Hesseman
as Pinchus Zion
Neill Barry
as Danny DeMarco
Diana Scarwid
as Cassie
Joseph Mascolo
as Baby (as Joe Mascolo)
Alfie Wise
as Felix
Deborah Rush
as D.D.
Wendell Burton
as Osgood
Alicia Arden
as
Joanne Jackson
as Millicent
Joe Klecko
as Kinlaw
Peter Koch
as Tiel
Joseph Bernard
Robert Vento
Michael Lovell Farris
Joey Villa
Robert Drake
as Mean-Eyed Dealer
Dick Richards
Director
William Goldman
Screenplay
Novel
James A. Contner
Director of Photography
George Pappas
Producer
Jerry Wunderlich
Art Direction
Jeffrey Wolf
Editor
Michael Gibbs
Original Music Composer
Norman Salling
Costume Design
Keith Rotman
Tom Ellingwood
Makeup Artist
Cassian Elwes