 | Jodie Foster als Laurel Sommersby |
 | Richard Gere als John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend |
 | Bill Pullman als Orin Meecham |
 | James Earl Jones als Judge Barry Conrad Issacs |
 | Lanny Flaherty als Buck |
 | William Windom als Reverend Powell |
 | Wendell Wellman als Travis |
| Brett Kelley als Little Rob |
 | Clarice Taylor als Esther |
 | Frankie Faison als Joseph |
 | R. Lee Ermey als Dick Mead |
 | Richard Hamilton als Doc Evans |
| Karen Kirschenbauer als Mrs. Evans |
| Carter McNeese als Storekeeper Wilson |
| Dean Whitworth als Tom Clemmons |
| Stephanie Weaver als Mrs. Bundy |
 | Muse Watson als Drifter #1 |
| Paul Austin als KKK #1 / Folsom |
 | Frank Hoyt Taylor als KKK #2 |
| Doug Sloan als Marshall #2 |
 | Ray McKinnon als Lawyer Webb |
 | Maury Chaykin als Lawyer Dawson |
 | Richard Lineback als Timothy Fry |
| Bruno Rubeo | Production Design |
| Steven Reuther | Producer |
| Danny Elfman | Original Music Composer |
| Arnon Milchan | Producer |
| Sarah Kernochan | Screenplay |
| Peter Boyle | Editor |
| Jon Amiel | Director |
| Cydney Bernard | Production Manager |
| Nicholas Meyer | Author |
| Michael Seirton | Set Decoration |
| Richard Gere | Executive Producer |
| Maggie Wilde | Executive Producer |
| Philippe Rousselot | Director of Photography |
| Anthony Shaffer | Author |
| Suzanne Smith Crowley | Casting |
| Lisa Lovaas | Costume Supervisor |
| Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Marilyn Vance | Costume Design |
| Eva Z. Cabrera | Script Supervisor |
| P. Michael Johnston | Art Direction |
| Mary McLaglen | Unit Production Manager |
| Josh McLaglen | First Assistant Director |
| Douglas A. Raine | Second Assistant Director |
| Anastas N. Michos | Camera Operator |
| Anastas N. Michos | Steadicam Operator |
| Ted Morris | First Assistant Camera |
| Chris Newman | Sound Mixer |
| Dennis Maitland II | Boom Operator |
| Carol Dantuono | Post Production Supervisor |
| Elaine Short | Key Hair Stylist |
| C. Alan Rawlins Sr. | Key Grip |
| Dwight Joseph Lavers | Dolly Grip |
| Greg Hull | Special Effects Coordinator |
| John Clifford | Still Photographer |
| Paul Beahm | Stunt Coordinator |
| Jill Stokesberry | Stunts |
| Bob Minor | Stunts |
| Merritt Yohnka | Stunts |
| Jonathan Lucas | Assistant Editor |
| Carole A. Kenneally | Assistant Editor |
| Patricia A. Galvin | Assistant Editor |
| Xochi Blymyer | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Scott Elias | Location Manager |
| Cha Blevins | Costumer |
| Mitchell Ray Kenney | Costumer |
| Barry Kellogg | Costumer |
| Dana Campbell | Costumer |
| Kathleen Walker | Assistant Art Director |
| Dennis Bradford | Assistant Art Director |
| Steve Saklad | Assistant Art Director |
| Paul Sonski | Assistant Art Director |
| Paul Arthur Hartman | Leadman |
| Marco Rubeo | Set Designer |
| Ron Downing | Property Master |
| Peter Robb-King | Key Makeup Artist |
| Nicole Furia | Production Accountant |
| Chris Furia | Post Production Accountant |
| Jack English | Chief Lighting Technician |
| James Babineaux | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| George M. Chappell | Electrician |
| Scott Graves | Electrician |
| J. Wayne Parker | Best Boy Grip |
| Michael Alexonis | Grip |
| Jay Wilkinson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Lauren Palmer | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Simon Coke | Sound Editor |
| Teri E. Dorman | Sound Editor |
| Scott A. Hecker | Sound Editor |
| Dave Kulczycki | Sound Editor |
| John A. Larsen | Sound Editor |
| Rodger Pardee | Sound Editor |
| Karen G. Wilson | Sound Editor |
| Jerelyn J. Harding | ADR Editor |
| Jessica Gallavan | ADR Editor |
| Linda Symcox | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Blake R. Cornett | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Ellen Segal | Music Editor |
| Bob Badami | Music Editor |
| Doug Sloan | Animal Wrangler |
| Richard Blankenship | Construction Coordinator |
| Jerry Jackson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Stanley Brossette | Unit Publicist |
| Julie Adams | Dialect Coach |
| Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Chris Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bob Beemer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dan O'Connell | Foley Artist |
| Hilda Hodges | Foley Artist |
| James Ashwill | Foley Mixer |
| Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Recordist |
| Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Mixer |
| Shawn Murphy | Scoring Mixer |
| Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
