A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

Timothy Bottoms
as Joe Bonham

Kathy Fields
as Kareen

Marsha Hunt
as Joe's Mother

Jason Robards
as Joe's Father

Donald Sutherland
as Christ

Charles McGraw
as Mike Burkeman

Sandy Brown Wyeth
as Lucky

Don 'Red' Barry
as Jody Simmons

Peter Brocco
as Ancient Prelate

Kendell Clarke
as Hospital Offical