Mary Steenburgen as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Rip Torn as Marsh Turner

Peter Coyote as Norton Baskin

Dana Hill as Ellie Turner

Alfre Woodard as Geechee

Joanna Miles as Mrs. Turner

Ike Eisenmann as Paul

Toni Hudson as Tim's Wife

Cary Guffey as Floyd Turner

Bo Rucker as Leroy

Jay O. Sanders as Charles Rawlings

John Hammond as Tim

Tommy Alford as Postal Clerk

Norton Baskin as Man in the Rocking Chair

Terrence Gehr as Store Keeper

Keith Michel as Preston Turner

Nora Rogers as Mary Turner

Kenneth V. Vickery as Minister

C.T. Wakefield as Sheriff

Malcolm McDowell as Max Perkins