 | Chris Cooper als Joe Kenehan |
 | James Earl Jones als 'Few Clothes' Johnson |
 | Mary McDonnell als Elma Radnor |
 | Will Oldham als Danny Radnor |
 | David Strathairn als Police Chief Sid Hatfield |
 | Ken Jenkins als Sephus Purcell |
 | Kevin Tighe als Hickey |
 | Gordon Clapp als Griggs |
 | Bob Gunton als C.E. Lively |
 | Jace Alexander als Hilllard Elkins |
 | Joe Grifasi als Fausto |
 | Nancy Mette als Bridey Mae Tolliver |
 | Jo Henderson als Mrs. Elkins |
 | Josh Mostel als Mayor Cabell Testerman |
 | Gary McCleery als Ludie |
 | Maggie Renzi als Rosaria |
 | Tom Wright als Tom |
| Michael B. Preston als Ellix (as Michael Preston) |
| Thomas A. Carlin als Turley |
| Jenni Cline als Luann |
 | Michael Mantell als Doolin |
| J.K. Kent Lilly als Pappy's Voice (voice) |
| Ida Williams als Mrs. Knightes |
| James Kizer als Tolbert |
| Ronnie Stapleton als Stennis |
 | Davide Ferrario als Gianni |
| Frank Payne Jr. als Old Miner |
 | John Sayles als Hardshell Preacher |
| Hazel Dickens als Singer |
| Charles Haywood als Sheb |
| Neale Clark als Isaac |
| Mitch Scott als Mister |
| Hazel Pearl als Missus |
| Michael Frasher als Lee Felts |
 | Frank Hoyt Taylor als Al Felts |
| Fred Decker als James |
| Bill Morris als Bass |
| Delmas Lawhorn als Conductor |
| William Dean als Broker |
| P. Michael Munsey als Broker |
| Thomas Hal Phillips als Boxcar Guard |
| Stephen C. Hall als Redneck Miner |
| Percy Fruit als Black Miner |
| Thomas Poore als Injured Black Miner |
| Tara Williams als Miner's Wife |
| Gerald Milnes als Fiddler |
 | Mason Daring als Picker |
| Jim Costa als Mandolin Player |
| Phil Wiggins als Harmonica Player |
| John Sayles | Director |
| Haskell Wexler | Director of Photography |
| Mason Daring | Original Music Composer |
| Maggie Renzi | Producer |
| Skip Lievsay | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Peggy Rajski | Producer |
| Dan Bishop | Art Direction |
| Cynthia Flynt | Costume Designer |
| Nora Chavooshian | Production Design |
| Sonya Polonsky | Editor |
| Amir Jacob Malin | Executive Producer |
| Mark Balsam | Executive Producer |
| Jerry Silva | Executive Producer |
| Ira Deutchman | Associate Producer |
| James Glenn Dudelson | Associate Producer |
| Ned Kandel | Associate Producer |
| Barbara Shapiro | Casting |
| Peggy Rajski | Production Manager |
| Sarah Green | Assistant Production Manager |
| Matia Karrell | First Assistant Director |
| Benita Allen | Second Assistant Director |
| Barbara-Ann Stein | Casting Consultant |
| Leslie A. Pope | Set Decoration |
| Anamarie Michnevich | Set Decoration |
| Leigh Kyle | Lead Set Dresser |
| Nancy Gilmore | Set Dresser |
| Daniel Boxer | Assistant Set Dresser |
| Leigh Johnson | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Ann Edgeworth | Property Master |
| Jem Cohen | Assistant Property Master |
| Roland Brooks | Charge Scenic Artist |
| Pat McClinch | Scenic Artist |
| Joel Ossenfort | Scenic Artist |
| Anthony Dunne | Construction Coordinator |
| Bill Lehne | Leadman |
| Ken Nelson | Leadman |
| Brent Haywood | Leadman |
| John Robinson | Carpenter |
| John Sayles | Writer |
| Diana Pokorny | Unit Manager |
| Paul Marcus | Location Manager |
| Bob Bailey | Location Assistant |
| Stefan Czapsky | Key Grip |
| Arthur Blum | Grip |
| Robert K. Feldmann | Grip |
| Lee Shapira | Grip |
| Claiborne Lashley | Assistant Grip |
| Luke Latino | Assistant Grip |
| Sean Garrett Fogel | Assistant Grip |
| Erica Gelczis | Assistant Grip |
| Morris Flam | Gaffer |
| Lynn Breschel | Best Boy Electric |
| Robert Bruce | Electrician |
| Louisa Heyward | Electrician |
| Mitch Dubin | Camera Operator |
| P. Scott Sakamoto | First Assistant Camera |
| Debbie Sarjeant | Second Assistant Camera |
| Steve Apicella | Video Assist Operator |
| Bob Marshak | Still Photographer |
| John Sutton | Sound Mixer |
| Lisa Schnall | Boom Operator |
| John Tintori | Script Supervisor |
| David Halsey | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| James Sarzotti | Makeup & Hair |
| Susan Lyall | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Heidi Shulman | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Lorna Scott | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Avy Kaufman | Additional Casting |
| Eve Battaglia | Casting Assistant |
| Pam Flam | Casting Assistant |
| Julie Hutchinson | Casting Assistant |
| Robert Grindrod | Casting Associate |
| Geraldine Peroni | Assistant Editor |
| David Leonard | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Philip Stockton | Sound Editor |
| Marissa Littlefield | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Bruce Pross | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Christopher Weir | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Cilista Eberle | Production Office Coordinator |
| Pat McCarthy | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Edgard Mourino | Stunt Coordinator |
| Danny Aiello III | Stunts |
| Len DeVirgilio | Stunts |
| Peter Kunz | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Shirley Belwood | Special Effects |
| Russell Berg | Special Effects |
| Todd Wolfeil | Special Effects |
| Newton Thomas Sigel | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Paul Marcus | Second Unit Location Manager |
| Claudia Bailey | Additional Camera |
| Roscoe Thomas | Driver |
| Sonny Adkins | Driver |
| Mark Moore | Driver |
| Sandy Cox | Craft Service |
| Howard J. Calvert Jr. | Art Department Manager |
| Jeff Butcher | Art Department Assistant |
| Daniel Fisher | Set Dressing Production Assistant |
| Bill McKinney | Set Dressing Production Assistant |
| David Smith | Set Dressing Production Assistant |
| Nelle Stokes | Set Dressing Production Assistant |
| Chris Gibbin | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Archie Lambert | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Nancy Kim Parsons | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Almer Shuttle | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Beth Bernstein | Production Assistant |
| Libby Bika | Production Assistant |
| Kevin Ball | Set Production Assistant |
| Rachel Bower | Set Production Assistant |
| Buddy Brewer | Set Production Assistant |
| Will Chapman | Set Production Assistant |
| Ralph Renzi | Set Production Assistant |
| Brian Wenk | Set Production Assistant |
| Gabriele Campbell | Wardrobe Intern |
| Connie Lucas | Wardrobe Intern |
| Holly Scarborough | Wardrobe Intern |
| Vincent Gratzer | Wardrobe Intern |
| Andrea Gustke | Wardrobe Intern |
| Sara Malossini | Dialogue Coach |
| Davide Ferrario | Dialogue Coach |
| Gary Rosenblatt | Publicist |
| David Hollander | Legal Services |
| John Sloss | Legal Services |
| Tom Fleischman | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| James Dean | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Gregory Jacobs | Set Production Assistant |
