A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Danny McGavin
Sean Penn
Bob Hodges
Robert Duvall
Louisa Gomez
María Conchita Alonso
Ron Delaney
Randy Brooks
Larry Sylvester
Grand L. Bush
Rocket
Don Cheadle
Bird
Gerardo Mejía
High Top
Glenn Plummer
Melindez
Rudy Ramos
Bailey
Sy Richardson
Frog
Trinidad Silva
Reed
Charles Walker
T-Bone
Damon Wayans
Cook
Fred Asparagus
Officer Porter
Sherman Augustus
Spanky
Bruce Beatty
Woman in Recreation Center
Paula Bellamy
Tommie Hodges
Brandon Bluhm
Young Crip #1
Mark Booker
Cop at Sharon's
Ron Boyd
C.R.A.S.H. Secretary
Verda Bridges
Rusty Baines
R. D. Call
Gato
Steven Camarillo
Sullivan
Seymour Cassel
Diaz
Gary Carlos Cervantes
Young Crip #2
Eugene Collier
Officer Young
Lawrence Cook
Phil
Nick Corello
Preacher
Troy Curvey Jr.
Young Crip #3
Gregg Dandridge
Robert Craig
Brian Davis
Felipe
Romeo De Lan
Rita Gallegos
Marianne Díaz-Parton
2nd Man at Recreation Center
Nay K. Dorsey
Flacco
Fabian Escobedo
2nd C.R.A.S.H. Officer
Dennis Fanning
Sheriff Foster
Virgil Frye
Whitey
Courtney Gains
Philip
Tomás Goros
Oso
C.E. Grimes
Young Girl
Trysh Jefferson
Roy
Vaughn Tyree Jelks
Shouting Woman
Annie-Joe Edwards
Lee
Clark Johnson
Maria
Kenia
Killer-Bee
Leon
Mrs. Craig
Tina Lifford
Felipe's Friend
Mario López
Cop at Car Wreck
Lawrence Lowe
3rd C.R.A.S.H. Officer
Ted Markland
Grieving Husband
Roberto Martín Márquez
Willie Wright
Shawn McLemore
Angie
Margaret Medina
Joan Hodges
Micole Mercurio
Snakedance
Nigel Miguel
Locita
Karla Montana
Shooter
Allan Moore
Man at Recreation Center
Howard Mungo
Officer Samuels
Jack Nance
Neighbor Woman
Frances E. Nealy
1st C.R.A.S.H. Officer
Roy A. Nunez
Homeboy
Ray Oriel
Fighting Inmate
Roger Vernon Pamplin Jr.
2nd Woman in Recreation Center
Jo Marie Payton
Female Officer
Kim Pawlik
Traffic Officer
Anthony Pena
Bird's Girlfriend
Daniela Piquet
J.C.
David Raynr
Dr. Feelgood
T. Rodgers
Hearing Officer
Richard Rust
Crip Girl
Sharon Schaffer
Lewis
Geoffrey Thorne
Sharon Robbins
Ara Thorpe
Vietnam Vet
Tony Todd
Veterano
Peter Vasquez
Dog-Man
Jeffrey Washington
Spooky
Dion Williams
Officer Rutley
John Zenda
LAPD Police Officer (uncredited)
David Felker
Blood (uncredited)
Juney Smith