Nicolas Cage (H.I.), Holly Hunter (Ed), Trey Wilson (Nathan Arizona, Sr.), John Goodman (Gale), William Forsythe (Evelle), Sam McMurray (Glen) more..., Frances McDormand (Dot), Randall 'Tex' Cobb (Leonard Smalls), T.J. Kuhn (Nathan Junior), Lynne Kitei (Florence Arizona), Peter Benedek (Prison Counselor), Charles 'Lew' Smith (Nice Old Grocery Man), Warren Keith (Younger FBI Agent), Henry Kendrick (Older FBI Agent), Sidney Dawson (Ear-Bending Cellmate), Richard Blake (Parole Board Chairman), Troy Nabors (Parole Board Member), Mary Seibel (Parole Board Member), John O'Donnal (Hayseed in the Pickup), Keith Jandacek (Whitey), Warren Forsythe (Minister), Ruben Young ('Trapped' Convict), Dennis Sullivan (Policeman in Arizona House), Richard Alexander (Policeman in Arizona House), Rusty Lee (Feisty Hayseed), James Yeater (Fingerprint Technician), Bill Andres (Reporter), Carver Barns (Reporter), Margaret H. McCormack (Unpainted Secretary), Bill Rocz (Newscaster), Mary F. Glenn (Payroll Cashier), Jeremy Babendure (Scamp with Squirt Gun), Bill Dobbins (Adoption Agent), Ralph Norton (Gynecologist), Henry Tank (Mopping Convict), Frank Outlaw (Supermarket Manager), Todd Michael Bodgers (Varsity Nathan, Jr.), M. Emmet Walsh (Machine Shop Ear-Bender), Robert Gray (Glen and Dot's Kid), Katie Thrasher (Glen and Dot's Kid) and others.

Joel Coen (Screenplay), Ethan Coen (Screenplay), Ethan Coen (Producer), Carter Burwell (Original Music Composer), John S. Lyons (Casting), Jane Musky (Production Design), Donna Isaacson (Casting) more..., Barry Sonnenfeld (Director of Photography), Michael R. Miller (Editor), Michael Berenbaum (First Assistant Editor), James Jacks (Executive Producer), Katherine James (Makeup Artist), Skip Lievsay (Supervising Sound Editor), David M. Dunlap (Camera Operator), Magdaline Volaitis (Sound Editor), Stephen St. John (Steadicam Operator), Ron Bochar (Sound Editor), Deborah Reinisch (Associate Producer), Thomas Johnston (Script Supervisor), Richard Hornung (Costume Design), Jery Hewitt (Stunt Coordinator), Harold Thrasher (Art Direction), Melinda Sue Gordon (Still Photographer), Philip Stockton (Sound Editor), Russell Engels (Gaffer), Mel Zelniker (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Alma Kuttruff (Production Supervisor), Allan Byer (Production Sound Mixer), Robert Kracik (Set Decoration), Dan Frey (Hairstylist), Mark Silverman (Co-Producer), Dan Perri (Title Designer), Chitra F. Mojtabai (Second Assistant Director),