James Mitchum
— Grady Hagg
Kiel Martin
— Bobby Lee Hagg
Arthur Hunnicutt
— Uncle Jesse Hagg
Waylon Jennings
— Balladeer
Chris Forbes
— Beth Ann Eubanks
George Ellis
— Jake Rainey
Bruce Atkins
— Sheriff Roscoe Coltrane
Bill Gribble
— Cooter Pettigrew
Ben Jones
— Fred
Bobby Dunn
Spanky McFarlane
— Precious
Joan Blackman
— Reba Rainey
Pete Munro
— Zeebo
Ralph Mooney
— Steel guitar and drums
Fred Newell
— Lead guitar /banjo
Larry Whitemore
— Rhythm guitar
Duke Goff
— Bass guitar
Richie Albright
— Percussion
Joey Giardello
— Syndicate man
Happy Humphrey
— Tiny
John Chappell
— Luther
Bill Moses
— Federal Agent in charge
Bob Hannah
— Roy Adderholt
Edie Kramer
— Jake Rainey's truck stop girl
Philip Pleasants
— Cooter's brother