Jane Fonda as Lillian Hellman

Vanessa Redgrave as Julia

Jason Robards as Dashiell Hammett

Maximilian Schell as Johann

Hal Holbrook as Alan

Rosemary Murphy as Dorothy Parker

Meryl Streep as Anne Marie

Dora Doll as Woman Passenger

Elisabeth Mortensen as Girl Passenger

John Glover as Sammy

Lisa Pelikan as Young Julia

Cathleen Nesbitt as Julia's Grandmother

Susan Jones as Young Lillian

Maurice Denham as Undertaker

Ted Richert as Lillian's Friend in Sardy's (uncredited)

Mark Metcalf as Pratt

Gérard Buhr as Passport Officer

Stefan Gryff as 'Hamlet'

Antony Carrick as Butler

Hans Verner as Vienna Concierge

Christian de Tillière as Paris Concierge

Lambert Wilson as Walter Franz

Lillian Hellman as Woman in Boat