Obsada:

• Kris Kristofferson James Averill
• Christopher Walken Nathan D. Champion
• John Hurt Billy Irvine
• Sam Waterston Frank Canton
• Brad Dourif Mr. Eggleston
• Isabelle Huppert Ella Watson
• Joseph Cotten The Reverand Doctor
• Jeff Bridges John L. Bridges
• Ronnie Hawkins Major Wolcott
• Paul Koslo Mayor Charlie Lezak
• Geoffrey Lewis Trapper Fred
• Richard Masur Cully
• Rosie Vela Beautiful girl
• Mary Catherine Wright Nell
• Nicholas Woodeson Small man
• Stefan Shcherby Big man
• Waldemar Kalinowski Fotograf
• Terry O'Quinn Capt. Minardi
• Jack Conley Morrison
• Margaret Benczak Mrs. Eggleston
• Jim Knobeloch Kopestansky
• Erika Petersen Mrs. Kopestonsky
• Tom Noonan Jake
• Marat Yusim Russian merchant
• Aivars Smits Mr. Kovach
• Gordana Rashovich Mrs. Kovach
• Jarlath Conroy Mercenary in new suit
• Allen Keller Dudley
• Caroline Kava Stefka
• Mady Kaplan Kathia
• Anna Levine Little Dot
• Pat Hodges Jessie
• Mickey Rourke Nick Ray
• Kevin McClarnon Arapaho Brown
• Kai Wulff German merchant
• Steven Majstorovic Czech merchant
• Gabriel Walsh Zindel's clerk
• Norton Buffalo Private
• Jack Blessing Emigrant boy
• Jerry Sullivan Governor of Wyoming
• Jerry McGee Heaven's Gate band
• Cleve Dupin Heaven's Gate band
• Stephen Bruton Heaven's Gate band
• Sean Hopper Heaven's Gate band
• David Mansfield John DeCoy, Heaven's Gate band violinist
• T-Bone Burnett Heaven's Gate band
• David S. Cass Sr. Moustached mercenary
• Paul D'Amato Bearded mercenary
• Peter Osusky Peter
• Ivan Kormanik Ivan
• Michael Christensen Juggler
• Anatoli Davydov Fighting Bulgarian emigrant
• Nina Gaidarova Bulgarian emigrant's wife
• Wally McCleskey Chicken fighter
• Gary Vezane Canton's bodyguard
• H.P. Evetts Wolcott's bodyguard
• Bruce Morgan Miner
• Bobby Faber Class marshal
• Judi Trott Irvine's girlfriend
• Robin Bartlett Mrs. Lezak
• Loyd Catlett Morison's sentry
• Willem Dafoe Statysta
• Juli Erickson Refugee
• Les Gapay Statysta
• Al Nazario Hunter Regulator
• Lincoln Hurst Harvard undergraduate
• David Lewis Statysta
• Eric Wood Immigrant