| Marlon Brando | Carmine Sabatini aka Jimmy The Tucan |
| Matthew Broderick | Clark Kellogg/Narrator |
| Bruno Kirby | Victor Ray, Carmine's Nephew |
| Penelope Ann Miller | Tina Sabatini |
| Frank Whaley | Steve Bushak, Clark's Roommate |
| Jon Polito | Agent Chuck Greenwald, Dept. of Justice Fish & Game Division |
| Paul Benedict | Arthur Fleeber, NYU Professor/Clark's Faculty Advisor |
| Richard E. Gant | Agent Lloyd Simpson, Dept. of Justice Fish & Game Division |
| Kenneth Welsh | Dwight Armstrong, Clark's Step-father |
| Pamela Payton-Wright | Liz Armstrong |
| B.D. Wong | Edward |
A first-year New York film student meets a ``Godfather'' look-alike and becomes his errand boy.
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