Burt Lancaster  ... Felix Happer

 Peter Riegert  ... Mac

 Fulton Mackay  ... Ben

 Denis Lawson  ... Urquhart
 Norman Chancer  ... Moritz

 Peter Capaldi  ... Oldsen
 Rikki Fulton  ... Geddes

 Alex Norton  ... Watt

 Jenny Seagrove  ... Marina
 Jennifer Black  ... Stella
 Christopher Rozycki  ... Victor
 Gyearbuor Asante  ... Rev Macpherson (as Christopher Asante)

 John M. Jackson  ... Cal (as John Jackson)

 Dan Ammerman  ... Donaldson
 Tam Dean Burn  ... Roddy
 Luke Coulter  ... Baby
 Karen Douglas  ... Mrs Wyatt
 Kenny Ireland  ... Skipper
 Harlan Jordan  ... Fountain
 Charles Kearney  ... Peter
 Betty Macey  ... Switchboard Operator
 David Mowat  ... Gideon
 John Poland  ... Anderson
 Brian Rowan  ... Ace Tone
 Ann Scott-Jones  ... Linda Fraser (as Anne Scott Jones)
 Ian Stewart  ... Mr Bulloch
 Tanya Ticktin  ... Russian Girl

 Jonathan Watson  ... Jonathan
 Mark Winchester  ... Ace Tone
 Dave Anderson  ... Fraser (as David Anderson)
 Alan Clark  ... Ace Tone
 Alan Darby  ... Ace Tone
 Caroline Guthrie  ... Pauline
 Ray Jeffries  ... Andrew
 Willie Joss  ... Sandy
 James Kennedy  ... Edward
 Michele McCarel  ... Switchboard Operator
 Roddy Murray  ... Ace Tone
 Buddy Quaid  ... Crabbe
 Edith Ruddick  ... Old Lady

 John Gordon Sinclair  Ricky
 Anne Thompson  ... Switchboard Operator
 Sandra Voe  ... Mrs Fraser
 Dale Winchester  ... Ace Tone
 Jimmy Yuill  ... Iain

 

Grand prix du festival d'humour de Chamrousse

Some may be turned off by the apparent disregard of plot. Amazing characters, scenery and music make this a truly brilliant movie. It's a movie that may not be fully appreciated until you've seen it three or four times. Burt Lancaster steals the show in a small role. Peter Riegert is perfectly cast as a lost American who finds a place where he belongs. The memorable scenes are countless: the aurora borealis show, the eccentric beach comber who offers to sell for a dollar per grain of sand in his hand, the injured rabbit, Riegert proposes to trade places with Gordon, etc., etc., etc. Mark Knofler's music is worth the price of admission alone(Bof). Definitely one of my all-time favorites.