| Cast list | | Peter Coyote | as | Richmond Flowers Sr. | | Dermot Mulroney | as | Richmond Flowers Jr. | | Tess Harper | as | Mrs. Mary Flowers | | Jenny Robertson | as | Cindy | | Frank Whaley | as | Arnie | | Bob Gunton | as | Gov. George Wallace | | Larry Riley | as | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | | R.D. Call | as | KKK Member | | Noble Willingham | as | | | Dan Albright | as | Minister | | Georgia Allen | as | Black Woman | | Trent Bross | as | Jones | | Kyle Chandler | as | 1st Boy | | Jeffrey Charlton | as | Sheridan | | Jill Jane Clements | as | Mrs. Rodgers | | Ernest Dixon | as | Track Coach | | Christopher Ekholm | as | Trainer | | Bill Eudaly | as | Father Phillips | | Bruce Evers | as | Louie | | J. Don Ferguson | as | Mr. Woods | | Zack Finch | as | Jeff | | Wilbur Fitzgerald | as | Foreman | | Lindsay Flowers | as | Girlfriend | | Saundra Franks | as | Bernice | | Marc Gowan | as | Professor | | Ted Henning | as | Judge | | Jay Kerr | as | 2nd Coach | | RonReaco Lee | as | Busboy | | Dick Lowry IV | as | Rich (age 7) | | Patrick Lowry | as | Boy running with football | | Dexter McCloud | as | Benny Arrington | | Ralph Pace | as | Defense Counsel | | Randal Patrick | as | 1st Coach | | Amanda Pillow | as | May | | Robby Preddy | as | Mrs. Woods | | John Quade | as | | | Randy Randolph | as | FBI Man | | Billy Ray Reynolds | as | Tom Gentry | | William Sadler | as | | | P.J. Shinall | as | Viola | | Larry Shuler | as | Teacher | | Lonnie Smoth | as | Petrie's Driver | | Andy Stahl | as | Father Dante | | Tonea Stewart | as | Bertha | | Elliott Street | as | Emcee | | Suzanne Ventulett | as | Nancy | | Benji Wilhoite | as | 2nd Boy | | Wallace Wilkinson | as | Pender |
| | Crew list: | | Dick Lowry (Director) | | Martin Chitwood (Writer) | | Pat Conroy (Writer) |
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