Tom Cruise (Mitch McDeere), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Abby McDeere), Gene Hackman (Avery Tolar), Hal Holbrook (Oliver Lambert), Terry Kinney (Lamar Quinn), Wilford Brimley (William Devasher), Ed Harris (Wayne Tarrance) more..., Holly Hunter (Tammy Hemphill), Karina Lombard (Young Woman on the Beach), David Strathairn (Ray McDeere), Gary Busey (Eddie Lomax), Steven Hill (F. Denton Voyles), Tobin Bell (The Nordic Man), Barbara Garrick (Kay Quinn), Jerry Hardin (Royce McKnight), Paul Calderon (Thomas Richie), Jerry Weintraub (Sonny Capps), Sullivan Walker (Thomas Abanks), Margo Martindale (Nina Huff), John Beal (Nathan Locke), Dean Norris (The Squat Man), Lou Walker (Frank Mulholland), Tommy Cresswell (Wally Hudson), David A. Kimball (Randall Dunbar), David Dwyer (Prison Guard), Afemo Omilami (Cotton Truck Driver), Clint Smith (Cotton Truck Driver), Jonathan Kaplan (Lawyer Recruiter), Paul Sorvino (Tommy Morolto (uncredited)), Joe Viterelli (Joey Morolto (uncredited)), Janie Paris (Madge), Susan Elliott (River Museum Guide), Erin Branham (River Museum Guide), Joey Anderson (Ruth), Deborah Thomas (Quinns' Maid), Tommy Matthews (Elvis Hemphill), Rebecca Glenn (Young Woman at Patio Bar), Terri Welles (Woman Dancing with Avery), Chris Schadrack (Lawyer Recruiter), Jeffrey Buckner Ford (Lawyer Recruiter) and others.

John Grisham (Novel), David Rabe (Screenplay), Robert Towne (Screenplay), David Rayfiel (Screenplay), John Davis (Producer), Lindsay Doran (Executive Producer), Michael Hausman (Executive Producer) more..., Sydney Pollack (Producer), Scott Rudin (Producer), Fredric Steinkamp (Editor), William Steinkamp (Editor), David Rubin (Casting), Richard Macdonald (Production Design), John Willett (Art Direction), Casey Hallenbeck (Set Decoration), Ruth Myers (Costume Design), John Seale (Director of Photography), Debra Zane (Casting Associate), Michael Hausman (Unit Production Manager), David McGiffert (First Assistant Director), Andy Armstrong (Stunt Coordinator), Marjorie McCown (Assistant Costume Designer), Robin L. Miller (Property Master), Anne Rapp (Script Supervisor), Joyce Arrastia (Assistant Editor), Morris Flam (Chief Lighting Technician), Scott Ferguson (Unit Manager), Adam Sawelson (Dialogue Editor), Luke Reichle (Costumer), François Duhamel (Still Photographer), David L. Butler (Aerial Camera), Chris Jenkins (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Lucy Coldsnow-Smith (Foley Editor), Doug Hemphill (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), James C. Feng (Assistant Art Director), E.W. Bradford (Construction Coordinator), J. Paul Huntsman (Supervising Sound Editor), Steven Curtis Husch (Assistant Set Decoration), Myron Nettinga (Sound Effects Editor), Jessica Gallavan (Supervising ADR Editor) and others.