Alan J. Pakula Director, Producer Warren Beatty Joseph Frady Actor Paula Prentiss Lee Carter Actor William Daniels Austin Tucker Actor Hume Cronyn Bill Rintels Actor Kelly Thordsen Sheriff L.D. Wicker Actor Earl Hindman Deputy Red Actor Chuck Waters Thomas Richard Linder Actor William Joyce Senator Charles Carroll Actor Betty Murray Mrs. Charles Carroll Actor Bill McKinney Parallax Assassin Actor Jo Ann Harris Chrissy (Frady's girl) Actor Ted Gehring Schecter (hotel clerk) Actor Lee Pulford Shirley (Salmon Tail bar girl) Actor Doria Cook-Nelson Gale from Salmon Tail Actor Jim Davis Sen. John Hammond Actor Anthony Zerbe Schwartzkopf (uncredited) Actor Kenneth Mars Former FBI Agent Will Actor Stacy Keach Sr. Commission Spokesman No. 1 Actor Ford Rainey Commission Spokesman No. 2 Actor Walter McGinn Jack Younger Actor William Jordan Tucker's Aide Actor David Giler Writer Lorenzo Semple Jr. Writer Loren Singer Writer Bob Jiras Assistant Producer Gabriel Katzka Executive Producer Charles H. Maguire Associate Producer Michael Small Original Music Gordon Willis Cinematographer John W. Wheeler Film Editing George Jenkins Production Design Reg Allen Set Decoration Frank L. Thompson Costume Design Alixe Gordin Casting Joe Scully Casting