Christopher Reeve

as Allan Pinkerton

Madolyn Smith Osborne

as Rose O'Neil Greenhow

Granville Van Dusen

as Tom

Kevin McCarthy

as Senator Henry Wilson

Carrie Snodgress

as Joan Pinkerton

Haynes Brooke

as Lieutenant Lawrence Nevins

Jeff Corey

as James Buchanan

Wilbur Fitzgerald

as New York Times Reporter

Mert Hatfield

as Union Jailer

Christine Lakin

as Little Rose

Ken Strong

as Thomas John Rayford

Patty Mack

as Molly

Joan Riordan

as Esther Macy

Diana Brittain

Robby Preddy

J. Don Ferguson

Bruce Evers

Amy Bryson

Dan Albright

Charles Franzen

Michael Jolluck

as Will Pinkerton

Paul Armbruster

Larry Peterson

as Union Soldier

Billy Ray Reynolds

Bob Banks

Zack Finch