Peter Coyote as Richmond Flowers Sr.

Dermot Mulroney as Richmond Flowers Jr.

Tess Harper as Mrs. Mary Flowers

Jenny Robertson as Cindy

Frank Whaley as Arnie

Bob Gunton as Gov. George Wallace

Larry Riley as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

R. D. Call as Floyd Petrie

Noble Willingham as Bear Bryant

Ken Jenkins as Dr. Smith

John Quade as Guard

William Sadler as Coach Dickey

Trent Bross as Jones

Kyle Chandler as First Boy

Benji Wilhoite as Second Boy

Suzanne Ventulett as Nancy

Lindsay Flowers as Girlfriend

Dexter McCloud as Benny Arrington

Wallace Wilkinson as Pender

Randal Patrick as 1st Coach

Jay Kerr as 2nd Coach

Marc Gowan as Professor

Terry Hobbs as Boy in Cafe