Full Cast & Crew
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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)
Mark Chapman
Charles (uncredited)
Crew
Charles Okun
Executive Producer
William Reynolds
Editor
Michael Cimino
Screenplay
Joann Carelli
Producer
Michael Cimino
Director
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Gerald B. Greenberg
Editor
Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
David Mansfield
Original Music Composer
Tom Rolf
Editor
Denis O'Dell
Executive Producer
Richard Adams
Sound Editor
Tom C. McCarthy
Sound Editor
C. Darin Knight
Sound Mixer
Curt Schulkey
Sound Editor
Joe Finnegan
Stunts
James Camomile
Special Effects
Kevin Quibell
Special Effects
David S. Cass Sr.
Stunts
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
H.P. Evetts
Stunts
Loyd Catlett
Stunts
Alan Gibbs
Stunts
Leroy Johnson
Stunts
George Orrison
Stunts
William H. Burton Sr.
Stunts
Ken Pepiot
Special Effects
Billy Hank Hooker
Stunts
Chuck Waters
Stunts
Malcolm Davies
Sound
Bill Hart
Stunts
Hank Calia
Stunts
Samuel E. Price
Special Effects
Larry Randles
Stunts
Stan Parks
Special Effects
Tom Elliott
Stunts
Paul H. Stewart
Special Effects
William Reynolds
Executive In Charge Of Post Production
Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Coordinator
Tambi Larsen
Production Design
Walter Scott
Stunts
Debbie Evans
Stunts
Spencer Deverell
Art Direction
Christine Allsopp
Makeup Artist
Thomas R. Burman
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Josie MacAvin
Set Decoration
Ken Chase
Makeup Artist
Maurice Fowler
Art Direction
James L. Berkey
Set Decoration
Verne Caruso
Hairstylist
Mary Keats
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Tom Hoerber
Makeup Artist
Connie Reeve
Makeup Artist
J. Allen Highfill
Costume Design
Jerry O'Dell
Makeup Artist
Michael Gershman
Assistant Camera
Richard Graves
Second Assistant Director
Cis Corman
Casting Director
Eric Engler
Assistant Camera
James J. Klinger
Supervising Sound Editor
Joann Carelli
Music Supervisor
Michael Grillo
Assistant Director
Terry Needham
Second Assistant Director
Jan Kiesser
Camera Operator
Brian W. Cook
Assistant Director
Dennis Capps
Second Assistant Director
Jane Hallaren
Casting Director
Ken Nishino
Assistant Camera
Michael Stevenson
Second Assistant Director
Eleanor Fazan
Choreographer
Tony Gaznick
Casting Director