• 
  Ken Cameron

  regizor

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  Joyce Eliason

  scenarist

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  Diane Lane

  Lucy Marsden (14-61 ani)
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  Anne Bancroft

  Lucy Marsden (99-100 ani)
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  Donald Sutherland

  Capitanul William Marsden
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  Kathryn Morris

  Zundro (Sandra)
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  Cicely Tyson

  Castralia
• 
  Michael Montgomery

  Primar

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  Marc Macaulay

  Surgeon
• 
  Donna Biscoe

  Maynelle
• 
  Amber Wallace

  Baby (4)
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  Lane Bradbury

  Mrs. Williams
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  Gwen Verdon

  Etta Pell, Old Folks Home Resident
• 
  Jordan Williams

  Samuel Honicut
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  RonReaco Lee

  Bellhop

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  E.G. Marshall

  Prof. Taw, Old Folks Home Resident
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  Garette Ratliff Henson

  Ned Smythe, Willie's best friend (flashback scenes)
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  Ed Grady

  Robert E. Lee
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  Brett Rice

  Mag Exec
• 
  Maureen Mueller

  Lady Mardsen
• 
  Michael Genevie

  Reporter #1
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  Blythe Danner

  Bianca Honicut
• 
  Wil Horneff

  Willie Marsden (at 13)