Cast
- Richard Gere as Aviation Officer Candidate/Ensign Zack Mayo
- Debra Winger as Paula Pokrifki
- Louis Gossett, Jr. as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley
- David Keith as Aviation Officer Candidate Sid Worley
- Lisa Blount as Lynette Pomeroy
- Lisa Eilbacher as Aviation Officer Candidate/Ensign Casey Seeger
- Tony Plana as Officer Candidate/Ensign Emiliano Della Serra
- Harold Sylvester as Aviation Officer Candidate/Ensign Lionel Perryman
- David Caruso as Aviation Officer Candidate Topper Daniels
- Robert Loggia as Boatswain's Mate 1st Class/Chief Boatswain's Mate Byron Mayo (Zack's father)
- Victor French as Joe Pokrifki (Paula's stepfather)
- Grace Zabriskie as Esther Pokrifki (Paula's mother)
- Ron Hayes as Midshipman
- Tommy Petersen as Young Zack
- Ed Begley, Jr. as Voice of Altitude Chamber Instructor
- John Laughlin as Troy (townie who picks a fight with Zack)
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