| Robert Forster | ... | John Cassellis | |
| Verna Bloom | ... | Eileen | |
| Peter Bonerz | ... | Gus | |
| Marianna Hill | ... | Ruth | |
| Harold Blankenship | ... | Harold | |
| Charles Geary | ... | Harold's Father | |
| Sid McCoy | ... | Frank Baker | |
| Christine Bergstrom | ... | Dede | |
| William Sickingen | ... | News Director | |
| Robert McAndrew | ... | Pennybaker | |
| Marrian Walters | ... | Social Worker | |
| Beverly Younger | ... | Rich Lady | |
| Edward Croke | ... | Plain-clothesman | |
| Doug Kimball | ... | Newscaster | |
| Peter Boyle | ... | Gun Clinic Manager | |
| Georgia Todda | ... | Secretary | |
| Sandra Ann Roberts | ... | Blonde in Car | |
| Janet Langhart | ... | Maid | |
| Jeff Donaldson | ... | Black Militant | |
| Bill Sharp | ... | Black Militant | |
| Robert Paige | ... | Black Militant | |
| Richard Abrams | ... | Black Militant | |
| Walter Bradford | ... | Black Militant | |
| Russell Davis | ... | Black Militant | |
| Felton Perry | ... | Black Militant | |
| Val Grey | ... | Black Militant | |
| Livingston Lewis | ... | Black Militant | |
| Barbara Jones | ... | Black Militant | |
| John Jackson | ... | Black Militant | |
| Linda Handelman | ... | Gun Clinic Lady | |
| Maria Friedman | ... | Gun Clinic Lady | |
| Kathryn Schubert | ... | Gun Clinic Lady | |
| Barbara Brydenthal | ... | Gun Clinic Lady | |
| Elizabeth Moisant | ... | Gun Clinic Lady | |
| Rose Bormacher | ... | Gun Clinic Lady | |
| China Lee | ... | Roller Derby Patron | |
| Roger Phillips | |||
| Robert Blankenship | |||
| Jim Jacobs | ... | Kennedy Student (as James Jacobs) | |
| Spence Jackson | ... | Kennedy Student | |
| Dorien Suhr | ... | Kennedy Student | |
| Kenneth Whitener | ... | Kennedy Student | |
| Connie Fleischauer | ... | Kennedy Student | |
| Mary Smith | ... | Kennedy Student | |
| Nancy Lee Noble | ... | Kennedy Student (as Nancy Noble) | |
| Simone Zorn | ... | Media Person | |
| Madeleine Marcou | ... | Media Person | |
| Mickey Pallas | ... | Media Person | |
| Morris Bleckman | ... | Media Person | |
| Lester Brownlee | ... | Media Person (as Lestre Brownlee) | |
| Linn Ehrlich | ... | Media Person | |
| Wally Wright | ... | Media Person | |
| Sam Ventura | ... | Media Person | |
| George Bouillet | ... | Media Person | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Richard J. Daley | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Robert F. Kennedy | ... | Himself - Giving Final Speech (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Martin Luther King | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Sirri Murad | ... | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Haskell Wexler | ... | Cameraman on Scaffold (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Haskell Wexler | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Haskell Wexler | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Michael Philip Butler | .... | associate producer | |
| Tully Friedman | .... | producer | |
| Steven North | .... | associate producer | |
| Haskell Wexler | .... | producer | |
| Jerrold Wexler | .... | producer | |
| Jonathan Haze | .... | line producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Mike Bloomfield | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Haskell Wexler | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Verna Fields | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Leon Ericksen | (as Leon Erickson) | ||
Production Management | |||
| Jonathan Haze | .... | production manager (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Wendell Franklin | .... | assistant director | |
| Erich von Stroheim Jr. | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Christopher Newman | .... | sound (as Chris Newman) | |
| Kay Rose | .... | sound editor | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Michael D. Margulies | .... | camera operator (as Mike Margulies) | |
| Tom Ryan | .... | gaffer | |
| Ron Vargas | .... | camera assistant | |
| Haskell Wexler | .... | camera operator | |
| Andrew Davis | .... | assistant camera (uncredited) | |
| Ralph Gerling | .... | camera operator (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Paul Golding | .... | editorial consultant | |
| Marsha F. Griffin | .... | assistant editor (as Marsha Griffin) | |
Music Department | |||
| Mike Bloomfield | .... | music performer (as Michael Bloomfield) | |
| Paul Butterfield | .... | music performer | |
| Marcus Doubleday | .... | music performer | |
| Bob Jones | .... | music performer | |
| Noel Jukes | .... | music performer | |
| John Kahn | .... | music performer | |
| Ira Kamin | .... | music performer | |
| Fred Olson | .... | music performer | |
| Jerry Oshita | .... | music performer | |
Other crew | |||
| Jonathan Haze | .... | assistant to producer | |
| Meta Rebner | .... | script supervisor | |
| William Schwartz | .... | production assistant | |
| James Talbot | .... | title designer | |
| Studs Terkel | .... | our man in Chicago | |
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Haskell Wexler's film generated much debate on just where American Cinema was headed upon its release in 1969. Its narrative revolves loosely around the relationship of a TV cameraman and a lower-class widow living in Chicago during the summer of 1968. The true focus of the film is on the Democratic National Convention and its devastating effects on that city during the "long hot summer" it was subjected to. With the care of an expert social journalist Wexler films the riot caused by the civil authority in that city with an unfaltering naturalism that Soviet Realists would kill for. His cinematographic gifts are never called into question as he edits the body of the film with patches of documentary and staged scenes. It's to the credit of the filmmaker that in one section a fellow cameraman has to admonish him as to the danger he is apparently embroiled in as he shoots a sequence. This wonderful play on the reflexivity so rarely admitted in film is reason enough to give this challenging but brilliant work of art a chance to leave its mark on you.