Tom Cruise as Mitch McDeere

Jeanne Tripplehorn as Abby McDeere

Gene Hackman as Avery Tolar

Hal Holbrook as Oliver Lambert

Terry Kinney as Lamar Quinn

Wilford Brimley as William Devasher

Ed Harris as Wayne Tarrance

Holly Hunter as Tammy Hemphill

Karina Lombard as Young Woman on the Beach

David Strathairn as Ray McDeere

Gary Busey as Eddie Lomax

Steven Hill as F. Denton Voyles

Tobin Bell as The Nordic Man

Barbara Garrick as Kay Quinn

Jerry Hardin as Royce McKnight

Paul Calderon as Thomas Richie

Jerry Weintraub as Sonny Capps

Sullivan Walker as Thomas Abanks

Margo Martindale as Nina Huff

John Beal as Nathan Locke

Dean Norris as The Squat Man

Lou Walker as Frank Mulholland

Tommy Cresswell as Wally Hudson

David A. Kimball as Randall Dunbar

David Dwyer as Prison Guard

Afemo Omilami as Cotton Truck Driver

Clint Smith as Cotton Truck Driver

Jonathan Kaplan as Lawyer Recruiter

Paul Sorvino as Tommy Morolto (uncredited)

Joe Viterelli as Joey Morolto (uncredited)

Janie Paris as Madge

Susan Elliott as River Museum Guide

Erin Branham as River Museum Guide

Joey Anderson as Ruth

Deborah Thomas as Quinns' Maid

Tommy Matthews as Elvis Hemphill

Rebecca Glenn as Young Woman at Patio Bar

Terri Welles as Woman Dancing with Avery

Chris Schadrack as Lawyer Recruiter

Jeffrey Buckner Ford as Lawyer Recruiter

Andy Armstrong as Bad Beach Man (uncredited)

Ron Clinton Smith as Cotton Truck Driver #1 (uncredited)

Julia Hayes as Girl in Bar (uncredited)

Yvonne Sayers as Young Girl (uncredited)