Walter Matthau

George Wilson

Mason Gamble

Dennis Mitchell

Joan Plowright

Martha Wilson

Christopher Lloyd

Switchblade Sam

Lea Thompson

Alice Mitchell

Robert Stanton

Henry Mitchell

Amy Sakasitz

Margaret Wade

Kellen Hathaway

Joey

Paul Winfield

Chief of Police

Natasha Lyonne

Polly

Devin Ratray

Mickey

Hank Johnston

Gunther

Melinda Mullins

Andrea

Billie Bird

Edith Butterwell

Bill Erwin

Edward Little

Arnold Stang

Photographer

Ben Stein

Boss

Ethel Gerstein

Gaggle Lady #1

Rebecca Hogan

Gaggle Lady #2

Leona Toppel

Gaggle Lady #3

Peggy Goldberg

Gaggle Lady #4

Jack McGuigan

Gaggle Man

Corey Vane

Mike

Casey Gamble

Hide and Seeker

Diana Rein

Babysitter

Robert A. Saunders

Broken Arm Babysitter

Beverly J. O'Donnell

Elderly Babysitter

Suzy Brack

Next-Door Neighbor (uncredited)

Thomas F. Evans

Dennis Mitchell's Neighbor (uncredited)

Kirk Kelly

Kid in Window (uncredited)

Jeannie Russell

Neighbor (uncredited)

Thomas E. Ackerman

Director of Photography

Hank Ketcham

Novel

Alan Heim

Editor

John Hughes

Producer

John Hughes

Screenplay

Ernest Chambers

Executive Producer

Richard Vane

Producer

Nick Castle

Director

Debbie Lee Carrington

Stunt Double

Dave McMoyler

Sound Editor

Kevin E. Carpenter

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

James D. Bissell

Production Design

Bridget Kelly

Costume Design

Kelly Oxford

Sound Effects Editor

Kenneth Hall

Music Editor

Michael D. Wilhoit

Supervising Sound Editor

Dino DiMuro

Sound Effects Editor

Jan Evans

Script Supervisor

Ann Roth

Costume Design

Steven Wolff

Art Direction

Eve Cauley

Set Decoration

Scott Stambler

Music Editor

Mary Tallman

Script Supervisor

R. Anthony Brown

Unit Production Manager

Cheryl Beasley Blackwell

Costume Supervisor

Wylie Stateman

Supervising Sound Editor

Richard Dwan Jr.

Sound Editor

Darrell Hall

Music Editor

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jeffrey A. Williams

Boom Operator

Rick Hart

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Randy Kelley

Sound Effects Editor

Scott Martin Gershin

Sound Designer

Marsha Blackburn

Still Photographer

Michael Baugh

Art Direction

Jane Jenkins

Casting Director

John S. Robertson

Key Grip

Chris Hogan

Dialogue Editor

Dan M. Rich

Dialogue Editor

Dan Chuba

Visual Effects Producer

Christopher Assells

Dialogue Editor

James R. Alexander

Sound Mixer

William D'Ambra

Property Master

Alexander Courage

Orchestrator