Craig Sheffer

Norman Maclean

Brad Pitt

Paul Maclean

Tom Skerritt

Rev. Maclean

Brenda Blethyn

Mrs. Maclean

Emily Lloyd

Jessie Burns

Edie McClurg

Mrs. Burns

Stephen Shellen

Neal Burns

Nicole Burdette

Mabel

Susan Traylor

Rawhide

Michael Cudlitz

Chub

MacIntyre Dixon

Police Sergeant

William Hootkins

Murphy

Chuck Adamson

Harry the Editor

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Young Norman

Camille Bonora

Helen Kane Impersonator (uncredited)

Robert Redford

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)