A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Sean Penn
Danny McGavin
Robert Duvall
Bob Hodges
María Conchita Alonso
Louisa Gomez
Randy Brooks
Ron Delaney
Grand L. Bush
Larry Sylvester
Don Cheadle
Rocket
Gerardo Mejía
Bird
Glenn Plummer
High Top
Rudy Ramos
Melindez
Sy Richardson
Bailey
Trinidad Silva
Frog
Charles Walker
Reed
Damon Wayans
T-Bone
Fred Asparagus
Cook
Sherman Augustus
Officer Porter
Bruce Beatty
Spanky
Paula Bellamy
Woman in Recreation Center
Brandon Bluhm
Tommie Hodges
Mark Booker
Young Crip #1
Ron Boyd
Cop at Sharon's
Verda Bridges
C.R.A.S.H. Secretary
R. D. Call
Rusty Baines
Steven Camarillo
Gato
Seymour Cassel
Sullivan
Gary Carlos Cervantes
Diaz
Eugene Collier
Young Crip #2
Lawrence Cook
Officer Young
Nick Corello
Phil
Troy Curvey Jr.
Preacher
Gregg Dandridge
Young Crip #3
Brian Davis
Robert Craig
Romeo De Lan
Felipe
Marianne Díaz-Parton
Rita Gallegos
Nay K. Dorsey
2nd Man at Recreation Center
Fabian Escobedo
Flacco
Dennis Fanning
2nd C.R.A.S.H. Officer
Virgil Frye
Sheriff Foster
Courtney Gains
Whitey
Tomás Goros
Philip
C.E. Grimes
Oso
Trysh Jefferson
Young Girl
Vaughn Tyree Jelks
Roy
Annie-Joe Edwards
Shouting Woman
Clark Johnson
Lee
Kenia
Maria
Leon
Killer-Bee
Tina Lifford
Mrs. Craig
Mario López
Felipe's Friend
Lawrence Lowe
Cop at Car Wreck
Ted Markland
3rd C.R.A.S.H. Officer
Roberto Martín Márquez
Grieving Husband
Shawn McLemore
Willie Wright
Margaret Medina
Angie
Micole Mercurio
Joan Hodges
Nigel Miguel
Snakedance
Karla Montana
Locita
Allan Moore
Shooter
Howard Mungo
Man at Recreation Center
Jack Nance
Officer Samuels
Frances E. Nealy
Neighbor Woman
Roy A. Nunez
1st C.R.A.S.H. Officer
Ray Oriel
Homeboy
Roger Vernon Pamplin Jr.
Fighting Inmate
Jo Marie Payton
2nd Woman in Recreation Center
Kim Pawlik
Female Officer
Anthony Pena
Traffic Officer
Daniela Piquet
Bird's Girlfriend
David Raynr
J.C.
T. Rodgers
Dr. Feelgood
Richard Rust
Hearing Officer
Sharon Schaffer
Crip Girl
Geoffrey Thorne
Lewis
Ara Thorpe
Sharon Robbins
Tony Todd
Vietnam Vet
Peter Vasquez
Veterano
Jeffrey Washington
Dog-Man
Dion Williams
Spooky
John Zenda
Officer Rutley
David Felker
LAPD Police Officer (uncredited)
Juney Smith
Blood (uncredited)
Robert H. Solo
Producer
Herbie Hancock
Original Music Composer
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Michael Schiffer
Screenplay
Dennis Hopper
Director
Marian Wilde
Sound Effects Editor
Gary Rydstrom
Sound Designer
Ken Fischer
Robert Shoup
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ronald Jacobs
Supervising Sound Editor
Tom Johnson
Jack Leahy
Robert Estrin
Editor
Lauren Lloyd
Casting
Ron Foreman
Production Design
Diane Peterson
Stunts
Robert Samuels
Second Assistant Camera
Spiro Razatos
Kym Washington Longino
Julius LeFlore
Gary H. Holt
Gaffer
