Directed by John Boorman Written by James Dickey   John Boorman   Cast Jon Voight ... Ed Burt Reynolds ... Lewis Ned Beatty ... Bobby Ronny Cox ... Drew Ed Ramey ... Old Man Billy Redden ... Lonnie Seamon Glass ... First Griner Randall Deal ... Second Griner Bill McKinney ... Mountain Man Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward ... Toothless Man Lewis Crone ... First Deputy Ken Keener ... Second Deputy Johnny Popwell ... Ambulance Driver John Fowler ... Doctor Kathy Rickman ... Nurse Louise Coldren ... Mrs. Biddiford Peter Ware ... Taxi Driver James Dickey ... Sheriff Bullard Macon McCalman ... Deputy Queen Hoyt Pollard ... Boy at Gas Station Belinda Beatty ... Martha Gentry (as Belinha Beatty) Charley Boorman ... Ed's Boy (as Charlie Boorman) Produced by John Boorman   Charles Orme

Additional Info Premiere: July 30, 1972 DVD Release: June 01, 2004 Blu-ray Release: September 18, 2007 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Warner Bros. Elmer Enterprises (in association with) Distributors Warner Bros.   (1972) (USA) (theatrical) DiscoVision   (1980) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc) RCA (II)   (USA) (video) Warner Home Video   (1990) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Warner Home Video   (2000) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2004) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2007) (USA) (DVD) (deluxe edition) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1976) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.4 / 10 Our Rating 7.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.1 / 10 Female Users 5.0 / 10 Site Ranking #1,462 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 6 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 2 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,458 The Jacket (2005) #1,459 Scream VI (2023) #1,460 Doom (2005) #1,461 Jacob's Ladder (1990) #1,462 Deliverance (1972) #1,463 Gothika (2003) #1,464 Ms. Marvel: Season 1 (2022) #1,465 The Amityville Horror (2005) #1,466 101 Dalmatians (1996)