Jodie Foster

Laurel Sommersby

Richard Gere

John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

Bill Pullman

Orin Meecham

James Earl Jones

Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

Lanny Flaherty

Buck

William Windom

Reverend Powell

Wendell Wellman

Travis

Brett Kelley

Little Rob

Clarice Taylor

Esther

Frankie Faison

Joseph

R. Lee Ermey

Dick Mead

Richard Hamilton

Doc Evans

Karen Kirschenbauer

Mrs. Evans

Carter McNeese

Storekeeper Wilson

Dean Whitworth

Tom Clemmons

Stephanie Weaver

Mrs. Bundy

Muse Watson

Drifter #1

Paul Austin

KKK #1 / Folsom

Frank Hoyt Taylor

KKK #2

Doug Sloan

Marshall #2

Ray McKinnon

Lawyer Webb

Maury Chaykin

Lawyer Dawson

Richard Lineback

Timothy Fry

Jon Amiel

Director

Sarah Kernochan

Screenplay

Nicholas Meyer

Author

Anthony Shaffer

Author

Richard Gere

Executive Producer

Maggie Wilde

Executive Producer

Cydney Bernard

Production Manager

Danny Elfman

Original Music Composer

Philippe Rousselot

Director of Photography

Peter Boyle

Editor

Steven Reuther

Producer

Arnon Milchan

Producer

Bruno Rubeo

Production Design

Michael Seirton

Set Decoration

Mary McLaglen

Unit Production Manager

Josh McLaglen

First Assistant Director

Douglas A. Raine

Second Assistant Director

Anastas N. Michos

Camera Operator

Anastas N. Michos

Steadicam Operator

Ted Morris

First Assistant Camera

Chris Newman

Sound Mixer

Dennis Maitland II

Boom Operator

Carol Dantuono

Post Production Supervisor

Elaine Short

Key Hair Stylist

C. Alan Rawlins Sr.

Key Grip

Dwight Joseph Lavers

Dolly Grip

Greg Hull

Special Effects Coordinator

John Clifford

Still Photographer

Paul Beahm

Stunt Coordinator

Jill Stokesberry

Stunts

Bob Minor

Stunts

Merritt Yohnka

Stunts

Jonathan Lucas

Assistant Editor

Carole A. Kenneally

Assistant Editor

Patricia A. Galvin

Assistant Editor

Xochi Blymyer

Second Second Assistant Director

Scott Elias

Location Manager

Cha Blevins

Costumer

Mitchell Ray Kenney

Costumer

Barry Kellogg

Costumer

Dana Campbell

Costumer

Kathleen Walker

Assistant Art Director

Dennis Bradford

Assistant Art Director

Steve Saklad

Assistant Art Director

Paul Sonski

Assistant Art Director

Paul Arthur Hartman

Leadman

Marco Rubeo

Set Designer

Ron Downing

Property Master

Peter Robb-King

Key Makeup Artist

Nicole Furia

Production Accountant

Chris Furia

Post Production Accountant

Jack English

Chief Lighting Technician

James Babineaux

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

George M. Chappell

Electrician

Scott Graves

Electrician

J. Wayne Parker

Best Boy Grip

Michael Alexonis

Grip

Jay Wilkinson

Supervising Sound Editor

Lauren Palmer

Supervising Sound Editor

Simon Coke

Sound Editor

Teri E. Dorman

Sound Editor

Scott A. Hecker

Sound Editor

Dave Kulczycki

Sound Editor

John A. Larsen

Sound Editor

Rodger Pardee

Sound Editor

Karen G. Wilson

Sound Editor

Jerelyn J. Harding

ADR Editor

Jessica Gallavan

ADR Editor

Linda Symcox

Assistant Sound Editor

Blake R. Cornett

Assistant Sound Editor

Ellen Segal

Music Editor

Bob Badami

Music Editor

Doug Sloan

Animal Wrangler

Richard Blankenship

Construction Coordinator

Jerry Jackson

Transportation Coordinator

Stanley Brossette

Unit Publicist

Julie Adams

Dialect Coach

Michael Minkler

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Chris Carpenter

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bob Beemer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dan O'Connell

Foley Artist

Hilda Hodges

Foley Artist

James Ashwill

Foley Mixer

Nerses Gezalyan

Foley Recordist

Charleen Richards-Steeves

ADR Mixer

Shawn Murphy

Scoring Mixer

Donah Bassett

Negative Cutter

Billy Hopkins

Casting

Suzanne Smith Crowley

Casting

P. Michael Johnston

Art Direction

Marilyn Vance

Costume Design

Lisa Lovaas

Costume Supervisor

Eva Z. Cabrera

Script Supervisor

Gregory J. Barnett

Stunts