| Cast list | | F. Murray Abraham | as | Col. Caleb Cobb | | Keith Carradine | as | Bigfoot Wallace | | Patricia Childress | as | Matilda Jane 'Mattie' Roberts | | Brian Dennehy | as | Maj. Randall Chevallie | | Edward James Olmos | as | Capt. Salazar | | Eric Schweig | as | Buffalo Hump | | Harry Dean Stanton | as | Shadrach | | David Arquette | as | Augustus McCrae | | Jonny Lee Miller | as | Woodrow F. Call | | Ray McKinnon | as | Long Bill Coleman | | Jennifer Garner | as | Clara Forsythe | | Tim Blake Nelson | as | Johnny Carthage | | Alastair Duncan | as | Capt. Billy Falconer | | Brad Greenquist | as | | | Kieran Mulroney | as | Jimmy Tweed |
| | Crew list: | | Yves Simoneau (Director) | | Larry McMurtry (Writer) |
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