Debbie Reynolds as Eugenia

Hiep Thi Le as Le Ly

Tommy Lee Jones as Steve Butler

Haing S. Ngor as Papa

Joan Chen as Mama

Thuan K. Nguyen as Uncle Luc

Long Nguyen as Anh

Vivian Wu as Madame Lien

Dustin Nguyễn as Sau

Thuan Le as Kim

Mai Le Ho as Hai

Liem Whatley as Viet Cong Captain

Conchata Ferrell as Bernice

Robert John Burke as Paul

Tim Guinee as Young Sergeant

Timothy Carhart as Big Mike

Le Ly Hayslip as Jewellery broker

Đoàn Châu Mậu as Californian monk (credited as Chau Mao Doan)

Tai Thai as Jimmy - Age 20

Espérance Pham Thai Lan as Student (uncredited)

Jeffrey Jones as Minister (uncredited)

Kathlyne Pham as Ghost wife (uncredited)

Sean Stone as Young boy with Jesuit missionaries (uncredited)