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)

Mark Chapman

Charles (uncredited)

Michael Cimino

Director

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director of Photography

Gerald B. Greenberg

Editor

William Reynolds

Editor

Tom Rolf

Editor

Denis O'Dell

Executive Producer

Charles Okun

Executive Producer

Lisa Fruchtman

Editor

Michael Cimino

Screenplay

Joann Carelli

Producer

David Mansfield

Original Music Composer

Richard Adams

Sound Editor

C. Darin Knight

Sound Mixer

Tom C. McCarthy

Sound Editor

James Camomile

Special Effects

Chuck Waters

Stunts

Leroy Johnson

Stunts

Curt Schulkey

Sound Editor

Hank Calia

Stunts

Joe Finnegan

Stunts

Billy Hank Hooker

Stunts

Winston Ryder

Sound Editor

Kevin Quibell

Special Effects

David S. Cass Sr.

Stunts

Malcolm Davies

Sound

Samuel E. Price

Special Effects

Loyd Catlett

Stunts

Alan Gibbs

Stunts

Bill Hart

Stunts

Larry Randles

Stunts

Stan Parks

Special Effects

Ken Pepiot

Special Effects

Tom Elliott

Stunts

William H. Burton Sr.

Stunts

George Orrison

Stunts

H.P. Evetts

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

James L. Berkey

Set Decoration

Maurice Fowler

Art Direction

Verne Caruso

Hairstylist

Ken Chase

Makeup Artist

Josie MacAvin

Set Decoration

Mary Keats

Hairstylist

J. Allen Highfill

Costume Design

Christine Allsopp

Makeup Artist

Connie Reeve

Makeup Artist

Thomas R. Burman

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Tom Hoerber

Makeup Artist

Jerry O'Dell

Makeup Artist

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Ken Nishino

Assistant Camera

James J. Klinger

Supervising Sound Editor

Tony Gaznick

Casting Director

Cis Corman

Casting Director

Jane Hallaren

Casting Director

Michael Grillo

Assistant Director

Brian W. Cook

Assistant Director

Dennis Capps

Second Assistant Director

Eric Engler

Assistant Camera

Richard Graves

Second Assistant Director

Jan Kiesser

Camera Operator

Michael Gershman

Assistant Camera

Michael Stevenson

Second Assistant Director

Eleanor Fazan

Choreographer

Joann Carelli

Music Supervisor

Terry Needham

Second Assistant Director