Credits
Cast

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 Reverend 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
Photographer

Terry O'Quinn
Captain Minardi

Jack Conley
Morrison
Margaret Benczk
Mrs. Eggleston

Jim Knobeloch
George Kopestonsky
Erika Petersen
Mrs. Kopestonsky

Robin Bartlett
Mrs. Lezak

Tom Noonan
Jake
Marat Yusim
Russian Merchant
Aivars Smits
Michael Kovach

Gordana Rashovich
Mrs. Kovach

Jarlath Conroy
Mercenary in new suit
Allen Keller
Dudley

Caroline Kava
Stefka
Mady Kaplan
Kathia

Anna Thomson
Little Dot

Mickey Rourke
Nick Ray

T Bone Burnett
Heaven's Gate Band

Patricia Hodges
Jessie
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 DeCory - Skating Violinist

David S. Cass Sr.
Moustached Mercenary

Paul D'Amato
Bearded Mercenary
Peter Osusky
Peter
Ivan Kormanik
Ivan
Michael Christensen
Robert Steingart - 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 - Mercenary
Bobby Faber
Class Marshal - Harvard

Judi Trott
Irvine's Girlfriend

Willem Dafoe
Willy (uncredited)

Loyd Catlett
Morrison's Sentry (uncredited)

Juli Erickson
Refugee (uncredited)
Art
Maurice Fowler
Art Direction
Spencer Deverell
Art Direction
Tambi Larsen
Production Design
James L. Berkey
Set Decoration
Josie MacAvin
Set Decoration
Camera
Michael Gershman
Assistant Camera
Eric Engler
Assistant Camera
Ken Nishino
Assistant Camera
Jan Kiesser
Camera Operator

Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
J. Allen Highfill
Costume Design
Mary Keats
Hairstylist
Verne Caruso
Hairstylist
Ken Chase
Makeup Artist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Tom Hoerber
Makeup Artist
Christine Allsopp
Makeup Artist
Connie Reeve
Makeup Artist
Jerry O'Dell
Makeup Artist
Thomas R. Burman
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Crew

Eleanor Fazan
Choreographer
Ken Pepiot
Special Effects
Stan Parks
Special Effects
James Camomile
Special Effects
Kevin Quibell
Special Effects
Samuel E. Price
Special Effects
Paul Stewart
Special Effects

Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Coordinator

Loyd Catlett
Stunts

Alan Gibbs
Stunts

Walter Scott
Stunts

Chuck Waters
Stunts

David S. Cass Sr.
Stunts

Bill Hart
Stunts
William H. Burton Sr.
Stunts

George Orrison
Stunts
Joe Finnegan
Stunts
Tom Elliott
Stunts

Debbie Evans
Stunts
Hank Calia
Stunts
H.P. Evetts
Stunts
Billy Hank Hooker
Stunts
Larry Randles
Stunts
Leroy Johnson
Stunts
Directing
Brian W. Cook
Assistant Director

Michael Grillo
Assistant Director
Terry Needham
Second Assistant Director

Michael Stevenson
Second Assistant Director
Richard Graves
Second Assistant Director
Dennis Capps
Second Assistant Director
Editing
Gerald B. Greenberg
Editor
Tom Rolf
Editor

Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
William Reynolds
Editor, Executive In Charge Of Post Production
Production
Cis Corman
Casting Director

Jane Hallaren
Casting Director
Tony Gaznick
Casting Director
Denis O'Dell
Executive Producer
Charles Okun
Executive Producer
Joann Carelli
Producer, Music Supervisor
Sound
David Mansfield
Original Music Composer
Malcolm Davies
Sound
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
Curt Schulkey
Sound Editor
Tom C. McCarthy
Sound Editor
Richard Adams
Sound Editor
C. Darin Knight
Sound Mixer
James J. Klinger
Supervising Sound Editor
Writing

Michael Cimino
Screenplay, Director