Craig Sheffer

Norman Maclean

Brad Pitt

Paul Maclean

Tom Skerritt

Rev. Maclean

Brenda Blethyn

Mrs. Maclean

Edie McClurg

Mrs. Burns

Stephen Shellen

Neal Burns

Susan Traylor

Rawhide

Nicole Burdette

Mabel

Emily Lloyd

Jessie Burns

William Hootkins

Murphy

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Young Norman

Michael Cudlitz

Chub

MacIntyre Dixon

Police Sergeant

Chuck Adamson

Harry the Editor

Robert Redford

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)