 | Dennis Quaid als Gavin Grey |
 | Jessica Lange als Babs Rogers Grey |
 | Timothy Hutton als Donnie 'Cake' |
 | John Goodman als Lawrence |
 | Carl Lumbly als Narvel Blue |
 | Ray Baker als Bolling Kiely |
 | Savannah Smith Boucher als Darlene Kiely (as Savannah Smith Bouchér) |
 | Patricia Clarkson als Leslie Stone |
 | Aaron Neville als Man with Gun |
 | Wayne Knight als Fraternity Pisser |
| Taylor Hackford | Director |
| Frank Deford | Novel |
| Thomas Rickman | Screenplay |
| Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| James Newton Howard | Original Music Composer |
| Stephen Goldblatt | Director of Photography |
| Don Zimmerman | Editor |
| Nancy Klopper | Casting |
| Joe Alves | Production Design |
| George Jenson | Art Direction |
| Rosemary Brandenburg | Set Decoration |
| Theadora Van Runkle | Costume Design |
| Laura Ziskin | Producer |
| Taylor Hackford | Producer |
| Stuart Benjamin | Executive Producer |
| Alan C. Blomquist | Co-Producer |
