Studs Terkel

Self - Host

Barry Bostwick

Steelworker

Scatman Crothers

Parking Attendant

Barbara Browning

Editor

Vernee Watson

Secretary

Jay Garner

Corporate Executive

Billy Jayne

Newsboy

Barbara Barrie

Schoolteacher

Carole Schwartz

Supermarket Checker

Bill Beyers

Boxboy

Fausto Barajas

Migrant Worker

Charles Haid

Gas Man

Beth Howland

Housewife

Barbara Hershey

Call Girl

Eileen Brennan

Millworker

Rita Moreno

Waitress

James Taylor

Trucker

Lynne Thigpen

Telephone Operator

Edie McClurg

Switchboard Operator

Didi Conn

Receptionist

Charles Durning

Retired Man

Matt Landers

Fireman

Patti LaBelle

Cleaning Woman

Mark Neely

Salesman

David Patrick Kelly

Copyboy

Daniel Valdez

Singer "Un Mejor Dia Vondra" (voice)

Jennifer Warnes

Singer "Millworker" (voice)

Gilmer McCormick

Grape-buying Woman