Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes

Dan Shor as Enoch Emory

Amy Wright as Sabbath Lily

Harry Dean Stanton as Asa Hawks

Mary Nell Santacroce as Landlady

Ned Beatty as Hoover Shoates

John Huston as Grandfather

William Hickey as Preacher

J.L. Parker as Karl

Marvin Sapp as Raymond

Richard Earle as Jakob Winslow

Herb Kossover as Jacob Wood

Betty Lou Groover as Leora Watts

John Tyndall as Loki Martinson

Gillaaron Houck as Stranger #1

Philip Mixer as Stranger #2

Sharon Johnson as Stranger #3

Joe Dorsey as Stranger #4

Stratton Leopold as Depressed Human

Leonard Holmes as Stranger #5

Daniel Albright as Stranger #6

Tommy Alson as Young Man

Harold Horne as Stranger #7

Jim Barbee as Slade

Gene Howard as Little Boy

Raymond Foskey as Salesman

Vicky Dyer as Little Girl

Elijah Perry as Jerry Bob Jackson

Ken Flower as Ken Guy

Gladys Hill as Lisa Martinson

Ray Wilkes as Slade Bob Jackson

Dan Albright as Policeman

Allan A. Apone as Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)

Don Chambers as Street Listener (uncredited)

William Finley as Man (uncredited)

Bart Russell as Man in the Street (uncredited)