Jennifer Connelly as Virginia

Emma Roberts as Jessie Tipton

Toby Jones as Max

Ed Harris as Sheriff Dick Tipton

Carrie Preston as Betty

Lucas Grabeel as Nervous Mormon

Yeardley Smith as Mrs. Whitaker

Amy Madigan as Mrs. Tipton

Anne Lockhart as Police Dispatch Operator (voice)

Alex Frost as Josh

Harrison Gilbertson as Emmett

Garrett Clayton as Mormon boy (as Gary Clayton)

Meighan Gerachis as Dawn

Paul Walter Hauser as Dale

Jessica Rotter as Onlooker-Neighbor With Eyeglasses (uncredited)