James Cameron	...	(Director)
James Cameron	...	(Writer)
Ed Harris	...	Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	...	Lindsey Brigman
Michael Biehn	...	Lt. Hiram Coffey
Leo Burmester	...	Catfish De Vries
Todd Graff	...	Alan 'Hippy' Carnes
John Bedford Lloyd	...	Jammer Willis
J.C. Quinn	...	Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson
Kimberly Scott	...	Lisa 'One Night' Standing
Captain Kidd Brewer Jr.	...	Lew Finler (as Capt. Kidd Brewer Jr.)
George Robert Klek	...	Wilhite
Christopher Murphy	...	Schoenick, SEAL Team Member
Adam Nelson	...	Ensign Monk, SEAL Team Member
Dick Warlock	...	Dwight Perry (as Richard Warlock)
Jimmie Ray Weeks	...	Leland McBride
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	DeMarco
Ken Jenkins	...	Gerard Kirkhill, Benthic Petroleum Co. Representative
Chris Elliott	...	Bendix
Peter Ratray	...	USS Montana Captain
Michael Beach	...	Barnes
Brad Sullivan	...	USS Montana Executive Officer
Frank Lloyd	...	USS Montana Navigator
Phillip Darlington	...	USS Montana Crewman
Joseph C. Nemec III	...	USS Montana Crewman (as Joseph Nemec III)
Joe Farago	...	Anchorman
William Wisher Jr.	...	Bill Tyler, Reporter (as William Wisher)
Marcus K. Mukai	...	Anchorman #2 (as Marcus Mukai)
Wendy Gordon	...	Anchorwoman
Paula Cross	...	Young Woman
Thomas F. Duffy	...	Construction Worker (as Thomas Duffy)
Chris Anastasio	...	Truck Driver
Emily Yancy	...	Woman Reporter
Michael Chapman	...	Dr. Berg
Tom Isbell	...	Wave Reporter
Alan Silvestri	...	composer
Mikael Salomon	...	Cinematographer
Conrad Buff IV	...	Editor
Howard E. Smith	...	Editor
Joel Goodman	...	Editor
William Wisher	...	Bill Tyler
Mike Cameron	...	Sailor with the Fire Extinguisher
Daren Dochterman	...	News Reporter
Mikhail Gorbachev	...	Self
Candice Hill	...	Beach Guest
Randy Robertson	...	Russian Sailer On Dock
Robert Searle	...	Tommy Ray Dietz
Steven Quale	...	Editor

Comments: There's everything you've ever known about adventure, and then there's The Abyss.

Summary: A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver (Ed Harris) soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Michael Biehn co-star.