 | Rebecca De Mornay als Arlene Holsclaw |
 | Robert Knepper als Carl |
 | Carol Mitchell-Leon als Ruby |
 | Richard Jenkins als Chaplain |
 | Ellen Burstyn als Arlie's Mother |
 | Tandy Cronyn als Placement Worker |
| Norm Skaggs als Brian Craig |
| Sue Bugden als Parole Agent |
| Kevin Dewey als Driver in Pickup |
| Sean Sweeney als Boy in Pickup |
| John Korty | Director |
| Joseph Litsch | Set Decoration |
| Dorothea G. Petrie | Producer |
| Ruth Shapiro | Writer |
| Richard Welsh | Executive Producer |
| Lynn Kressel | Casting |
| Lynn Barber | Key Makeup Artist |
| William Wages | Director of Photography |
| Mason Daring | Original Music Composer |
| Eugene Corr | Writer |
| Jan Scott | Art Direction |
| Marjorie Bowers | Costume Design |
| Marsha Norman | Author |
| Taylor Knight | Key Hair Stylist |
| Jim Oliver | Editor |
| Ruth Shapiro | Executive Producer |
