 | Tom Cruise als Mitch McDeere |
 | Jeanne Tripplehorn als Abby McDeere |
 | Gene Hackman als Avery Tolar |
 | Hal Holbrook als Oliver Lambert |
 | Terry Kinney als Lamar Quinn |
 | Wilford Brimley als William Devasher |
 | Ed Harris als Wayne Tarrance |
 | Holly Hunter als Tammy Hemphill |
 | Karina Lombard als Young Woman on the Beach |
 | David Strathairn als Ray McDeere |
 | Gary Busey als Eddie Lomax |
 | Steven Hill als F. Denton Voyles |
 | Tobin Bell als The Nordic Man |
 | Barbara Garrick als Kay Quinn |
 | Jerry Hardin als Royce McKnight |
 | Paul Calderon als Thomas Richie |
 | Jerry Weintraub als Sonny Capps |
 | Sullivan Walker als Thomas Abanks |
 | Margo Martindale als Nina Huff |
 | John Beal als Nathan Locke |
 | Dean Norris als The Squat Man |
 | Lou Walker als Frank Mulholland |
 | Tommy Cresswell als Wally Hudson |
 | David A. Kimball als Randall Dunbar |
 | David Dwyer als Prison Guard |
 | Afemo Omilami als Cotton Truck Driver |
 | Clint Smith als Cotton Truck Driver |
 | Jonathan Kaplan als Lawyer Recruiter |
 | Paul Sorvino als Tommy Morolto (uncredited) |
 | Joe Viterelli als Joey Morolto (uncredited) |
| Janie Paris als Madge |
| Susan Elliott als River Museum Guide |
| Erin Branham als River Museum Guide |
| Joey Anderson als Ruth |
| Deborah Thomas als Quinns' Maid |
| Rebecca Glenn als Young Woman at Patio Bar |
 | Terri Welles als Woman Dancing with Avery |
| Chris Schadrack als Lawyer Recruiter |
 | Jeffrey Buckner Ford als Lawyer Recruiter |
 | Andy Armstrong als Bad Beach Man (uncredited) |
 | Ron Clinton Smith als Cotton Truck Driver #1 (uncredited) |
| Julia Hayes als Girl in Bar (uncredited) |
 | Yvonne Sayers als Young Girl (uncredited) |
| Sydney Pollack | Director |
| John Grisham | Novel |
| David Rabe | Screenplay |
| Robert Towne | Screenplay |
| David Rayfiel | Screenplay |
| John Davis | Producer |
| Lindsay Doran | Executive Producer |
| Michael Hausman | Executive Producer |
| Sydney Pollack | Producer |
| Scott Rudin | Producer |
| Dave Grusin | Music |
| Fredric Steinkamp | Editor |
| William Steinkamp | Editor |
| David Rubin | Casting |
| Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| John Willett | Art Direction |
| Casey Hallenbeck | Set Decoration |
| Ruth Myers | Costume Design |
| John Seale | Director of Photography |
| Michael Hausman | Unit Production Manager |
| David McGiffert | First Assistant Director |
| Carla Corwin | Second Assistant Director |
| Scott Ferguson | Unit Manager |
| Morris Flam | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Robin Alan Knight | First Company Grip |
| Robin L. Miller | Property Master |
| Bruce Ericksen | Costume Supervisor |
| William A. Farley | Key Hair Stylist |
| Nanette Siegert | Production Coordinator |
| Anne Rapp | Script Supervisor |
| Michael Dellheim | Location Manager |
| Elton MacPherson | Production Accountant |
| E.W. Bradford | Construction Coordinator |
| Andy Armstrong | Stunt Coordinator |
| Ken Estes | Special Effects |
| Jerry Jackson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Lauren Beth Strogoff | Publicist |
| François Duhamel | Still Photographer |
| Steve Bowerman | Boom Operator |
| James C. Feng | Assistant Art Director |
| Steven Curtis Husch | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Andy Day | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Riko Schatke | Second Company Grip |
| Michael Gastaldo | Assistant Property Master |
| Marjorie McCown | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Luke Reichle | Costumer |
| Debra Zane | Casting Associate |
| Michael T. Wilson | Assistant Editor |
| Karl F. Steinkamp | Assistant Editor |
| Joyce Arrastia | Assistant Editor |
| Ted Whitfield | Music Editor |
| J. Paul Huntsman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| John Haeny | Sound Effects Editor |
| Myron Nettinga | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jessica Gallavan | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Chris Jargo | ADR Editor |
| Matthew Sawelson | Dialogue Editor |
| Adam Sawelson | Dialogue Editor |
| Gary Lewis | Dialogue Editor |
| Lucy Coldsnow-Smith | Foley Editor |
| Jeff Rosen | Foley Editor |
| Carolann Sanchez-Shapiro | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Carmen Flores De Tanis | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jennifer Portman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Chris Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Doug Hemphill | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John 'JR' Craigmile | Payroll Accountant |
| David L. Butler | Aerial Camera |
| Phil Hetos | Color Timer |
| Theresa Repola Mohammed | Negative Cutter |
| Phill Norman | Title Designer |
| Robin Borman-Wizan | Set Supervisor |
| Lee McLemore | Grip |
| Jerry G. Henery | Construction Foreman |
| Mark Fabert | Construction Foreman |
| Jason White | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Keith Campbell | Stunt Double |
