Karen Grassle
— Susannah Hawks
LeVar Burton
— Andrew Sinclair
Mike Farrell
— Michael Hawks
Chip Fields
— Ginny Sinclair
Joan Blondell
— Edna Thompson
Fred Jay Gordon
— Len
Howard Duff
— Bill Thompson
Diana Scarwid
— Doris Thompson
Keith Coogan
— Stevie Hawks
Ketty Lester
— Helen
Leonard Barr
— Prof. Jeremiah Hayden
Kres Mersky
— Della
Alex Colon
— Carlos
Barbara Bishop
— Woman in Kitchen
Rutanya Alda
Norman Bartold
Michael Bond
Jody Carter
Ali Giron
— Battered Woman in Shelter
Lorry Goldman
Virginia Leith
Betty McGuire
Arthur Rosenberg
Nancy Stephens
Gloria Stuart
Esther Sutherland
— Woman in Nursery
Alene Wilson
— Sinclair Daughter
William Wintersole
— Dr. McCandless
Patrick Wright
Paul Schumacher
— Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)