Piper Laurie
— Dolly Talbo
Sissy Spacek
— Verena Talbo
Walter Matthau
— Judge Charlie Cool
Edward Furlong
— Collin Fenwick
Nell Carter
— Catherine Creek
Jack Lemmon
— Dr. Morris Ritz
Mary Steenburgen
— Sister Ida
Sean Patrick Flanery
— Riley Henderson
Joe Don Baker
— Sheriff Junius Candle
Charles Durning
— Reverend Buster
Roddy McDowall
— Amos Legrand
Mia Kirshner
— Maude Riordan
Scott Wilson
— Eugene Fenwick
Bonnie Bartlett
— Mrs. Buster
Doris Roberts
— Mrs. Richards
Nora Dunfee
— Mrs. Peters
Ray McKinnon
— Charlie Cool Jr
Boyd Gaines
— Narrator
Emilie Jacobs
— Elizabeth Henderson