"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
Doug von Koss
Leadman
Deborah Morgan
Second Assistant Camera
Linda Knechtli
Assistant Accountant
Joe Murphy
Production Accountant
David Heron
Dolly Grip
Jonathan Shedd
Assistant Location Manager
Jill Maley
Key Costumer
John J. Rutchland Jr.
Construction Coordinator
Steve M. Davison
Stunts
Karen Bradley
Assistant Makeup Artist
Dennis Pope
Grip
Leo Loverro
Jimmy Nickerson
Anne Polland
Tom Bellfort
ADR Editor
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
Tim A. Davison
Gary McLarty
Kimberly Nelson
Production Secretary
Paula Tracy-Smuin
Choreographer
Billy Clevenger
First Assistant Camera
Michael Santy
Nicole Boris
Assistant Sound Editor
Susan Griffin
Steve Collins
Transportation Coordinator
Louis Infante
Terry Baliel
Assistant Hairstylist
E. Jeane Putnam
Diana Pellegrini
Foley Editor
Michele Perrone
Doug Hunt
Mildred Iatrou
Assistant Sound Designer
Paige Sartorius
Martha Pike
Clare C. Freeman
Susan Landau Finch
Unit Publicist
Louise Rubacky
Roderick W. Finney
Assistant Editor
Sandina Bailo-Lape
Dick Ziker
Arnold Schulman
Screenplay
Fred Roos
Producer
David Seidler
Fred Fuchs
Alex Tavoularis
Art Direction
Winnie D. Brown
Costume Supervisor
Wilma Garscadden-Gahret
Script Supervisor
Dean Tavoularis
Production Design
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
Michael Evje
Production Sound Mixer
Teri Fettis-D'Ovidio
Associate Producer
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Mark Adler
Music Editor
Lyndell Quiyou
Hairstylist
Richard Beggs
Sound Designer
First Assistant Editor
Armin Ganz
Set Decoration
Robert Shoup
Sound Effects Editor
D. G. Fisher
Boom Operator
Janet Hirshenson
Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Editor
Pat Fitzsimmons
Gaffer
Joe Jackson
Original Music Composer
Gloria S. Borders
Supervising Sound Editor
Ian Bryce
Unit Production Manager
David Pier
Special Effects Supervisor
Judianna Makovsky
Assistant Costume Designer
Vittorio Storaro
Director of Photography
Richard Dean
Makeup Artist
Tim Holland
George Lucas
Executive Producer
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Daniel R. Suhart
Second Assistant Director
Robert Finley Jr.
Visual Effects
Rory Enke
Location Manager
Carmine Coppola
Additional Music
L. Dean Jones Jr.
Enrico Umetelli
Technical Advisor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist
Milena Canonero
Costume Designer
Jamie Anderson
Camera Operator
Aleta Chappelle
Location Casting
Second Unit Director
Douglas T. Madison
Assistant Property Master
Anahid Nazarian
Researcher
Richard Dova Spah
Key Grip
Douglas E. Madison
Property Master
H. Gordon Boos
First Assistant Director
Maureen Murphy
Production Coordinator
Tom Johnson
Bob Goldstein
Set Designer
Jim Pohl