| Cast list | | Robert Duvall | as | Augustus 'Gus' McCrae | | Tommy Lee Jones | as | Woodrow F. Call | | Danny Glover | as | Joshua Deets | | Diane Lane | as | Lorena Wood | | Robert Urich | as | Jake Spoon | | Frederic Forrest | as | Blue Duck | | D.B. Sweeney | as | Dish Boggett | | Rick Schroder | as | Newt Dobbs | | Anjelica Huston | as | Clara Allen | | Chris Cooper | as | July Johnson | | Timothy Scott | as | Pea Eye Parker (as Tim Scott) | | Glenne Headly | as | Elmira | | Barry Corbin | as | Roscoe Brown | | William Sanderson | as | Lippy Jones | | Barry Tubb | as | Jasper Fant |
| | Crew list: | | Simon Wincer (Director) | | Larry McMurtry (Writer) | | William D. Wittliff (Writer) |
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