• 
  Robert Benton

  regizor

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  Robert Benton

  scenarist

• 
  Gene Hackman

  Jack Ames
• 
  Paul Newman

  Harry Ross
• 
  Susan Sarandon

  Catherine Ames
• 
  Reese Witherspoon

  Mel Ames
• 
  Liev Schreiber

  Jeff Willis
• 
  James Garner

  Raymond Hope

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  Clint Howard

  EMS Worker
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  April Grace

  Police Stenographer
• 
  Stockard Channing

  Lt. Verna Hollander
• 
  Jason Clarke

  Young Cop #1
• 
  Giancarlo Esposito

  Reuben Escobar
• 
  Lewis Arquette

  Water Pistol Man
• 
  M. Emmet Walsh

  Lester Ivar

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  John Spencer

  Capt. Phil Egan
• 
  Jack Wallace

  Interrogation Officer
• 
  Michael Brockman

  Garvey's Bartender
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  Margo Martindale

  Gloria Lamar
• 
  Jonathan Scarfe

  Poliţist
• 
  Peter Gregory

  Verna's Partner
• 
  Stephanie Beaton

  Beth Koski
• 
  Ron von Gober

  Man Walking Down the Street with Boy
• 
  Patrick Malone

  Younger Cop (as Patrick Y. Malone)
• 
  Rene Mujica

  Mexican Bartender