Narrator (voice)

Dan Gifford

Himself (Branch Davidian) (also archive footage)

Clive Doyle

Self - Sheriff

Jack Harwell

Himself (author) (also archive footage)

Dick J. Reavis

Self - Former Chief, Houston Fire Department

Joseph Penno

Self - Biblical Scholar

James D. Tabor

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sonny Bono

Self - U.S. Congress (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Conyers

Self - Branch Davidian

David Thibodeau

Himself (Branch Davidian) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Graeme Craddock

Self - U.S. Senate (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe Biden

Himself (Branch Davidian spokesman) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dudley Goff

Himself (Branch Davidian leader) (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Koresh

Self - U.S. Congress (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dianne Feinstein

Self - U.S. Senate (archive footage) (uncredited)

Orrin Hatch

Self (archive footage)

Tom Lantos

Self - U.S. Attorney General (archive footage) (uncredited)

Janet Reno

Self - FBI spokesman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bob Ricks