Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane

Frances McDormand as Doris Crane

Michael Badalucco as Frank

James Gandolfini as Big Dave Brewster

Katherine Borowitz as Ann Nirdlinger Brewster

Jon Polito as Creighton Tolliver

Scarlett Johansson as Birdy Abundas

Richard Jenkins as Walter Abundas

Tony Shalhoub as Freddy Riedenschneider

Christopher Kriesa as Officer Persky

Brian Haley as Officer Krebs

Jack McGee as P.I. Burns

Gregg Binkley as The New Man

Alan Fudge as Dr. Diedrickson

Lilyan Chauvin as Medium

Adam Alexi-Malle as Jacques Carcanogues

Ted Rooney as Bingo Caller

Abraham Benrubi as Party Man

Christian Ferratti as Child

Rhoda Gemignani as Costanza

E.J. Callahan as Customer

Brooke Smith as Sobbing Prisoner

Ron Ross as Banker

Hallie Singleton as Waitress

Jon Donnelly as Gatto Eater

Dan Martin as Bailiff

Nicholas Lanier as Tony

Tom Dahlgren as Judge #1

Booth Colman as Judge #2

Stanley DeSantis as New Man's Customer

Peter Siragusa as Bartender

Christopher McDonald as Macadam Salesman

Rick Scarry as District Attorney

George Ives as Lloyd Garroway

Devon Cole Borisoff as Swimming Boy

Mary Bogue as Prisoner Visitor

Don Donati as Pie Contest Timer

Arthur Reeves as Flophouse Clerk

Michelle Weber as Dancer

Randi Cee as Dancer

Robert Loftin as Dancer

Kenneth Hughes as Dancer

Gordon Hart as Dancer

Brenda Mae Hamilton as Dancer

Lloyd Gordon as Dancer

Leonard Crofoot as Dancer

Rita Maye Bland as Dancer

Audrey K. Baranishyn as Dancer

Qyn Hughes as Dancer

Rachel McDonald as Dancer

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Female Inmate (voice) (uncredited)

Seymour Cassel as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)

Craig Berenson as Jail Guy (uncredited)

Joan Blair as Prison Matron (uncredited)

Greg Bronson as Courtroom Attendee (uncredited)

Geoffrey Gould as Alpine Rope Toss Man (uncredited)

Paul G. Gray as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)

Phil Hawn as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)

Cherilyn Hayres as Swing Dancer (uncredited)

John Michael Higgins as Emergency Room Physician (uncredited)

Pete Schrum as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Max Thayer as Witness (uncredited)