Stephen Rea as Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Isabella Rossellini as Anna Hauptmann

J. T. Walsh as Col. Norman Schwarzkopf

Michael Moriarty as Governor Harold Hoffman

Allen Garfield as Lt. James Finn

John Harkins as Edward Reilly

Barry Primus as Ellis Parker

David Paymer as David Wilentz

Bert Remsen as Dr. John Condon

Don Harvey as Lt. Gus Kramer

Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Commissioner O'Ryan

Stefan Gierasch as Albert Osborn Sr.

Jay Acovone as Sgt. Wallace

Vyto Ruginis as Lloyd Fisher

Scott N. Stevens as Col. Charles Lindbergh

Michael Bofshever as Andrew Dutch

Burt Brinckerhoff as Warden Mark Kimberling

Mickey Knox as Judge Trenchard

Clayton Landey as Marty Messel

E.J. Callahan as Jury Foreman

Edita Brychta as Gerta Henkel

Kirk B.R. Woller as Carl Henkel

Erick Weiss as Hans Kioppenburg

Seraina Jaqueline as Louise Wollenberg

Guido Föhrweißer as Otto Wollenberg

Brad Greenquist as Isidor Fisch

Jeffrey Alan Chandler as Millard Whited

David St. James as Albert Osborn Jr.

Heinrich James as German-Speaking Pastor

Bill Bolender as English-Speaking Pastor

Jessica Oleskiewicz as Manfred Hauptmann

Danielle Oleskiewicz as Manfred Hauptmann

Sarah Lopinski as Manfred Hauptmann

Anna Lopinski as Manfred Hauptmann

Katie Lopinski as Manfred Hauptmann

Brady McGuires as Manfred Hauptmann

Sean McGuires as Manfred Hauptmann

Annette Helde as Mrs. Bading

Fred Parnes as Gas Station Attendant

Time Winters as Samuel Small

Robert Benedict as Policeman #1

Joe Basile as Guard #1

Charles Tharpe as Anna Hauptmann's Guard

Howard DuVall as Hauptmann's Guard

Renna Bartlett as Warden's Wife

Vito D'Ambrosio as Guard #2

Thomas Mills as Guard #3

Michael Benard as Waiter

Robert Clotworthy as Reporter

Gary Gershaw as Reporter

Doug Kruse as Reporter

Jon Manfrellotti as Reporter

Steve March as Reporter

Michael Monks as Reporter

John Ruskin as Reporter

Thomas Charles Simmons as Reporter

Douglas Bennett as Shouting Crowd

Nanci Christopher as Shouting Crowd

Jocelyn Jones as Shouting Crowd

Jack Kerrigan as Shouting Crowd

Melanie MacQueen as Shouting Crowd

Andre Alexsen as Detective

John Lizzi as Juror #1 (uncredited)

William Victor Skrabanek as Reporter (uncredited)