Robert Redford character Henry Brubaker
Yaphet Kotto character Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
Jane Alexander character Lillian Gray
Murray Hamilton character John Deach
David Keith character Larry Lee Bullen
Morgan Freeman character Walter
Matt Clark character Roy Purcell
Tim McIntire character Huey Rauch
Richard Ward character Abraham Cook
M. Emmet Walsh character C.P. Woodward
Everett McGill character Eddie Caldwell
Joe Spinell character Floyd Birdwell
Wilford Brimley character Rogers - Prison Board
Jack O'Leary character Floor Walker
Nicolas Cage character Prisoner (uncredited)
Albert Salmi character Rory Poke
Linda Haynes character Carol
Val Avery character Wendel
Ron Frazier character Burl Willets (as Ronald C. Frazier)
David Harris character Duane Spivey (as David D. Harris)
James Keane character Pinky
Konrad Sheehan character Glenn Elwood
Roy Poole character Dr. Gregory
Nathan George character Leon Edwards - Prison Board
Don Blakely character Jerome Boyd
Lee Richardson character Warden Renfro
John McMartin character Senator Charles Hite
Alex Brown character Fenway Park (as Alex A. Brown)
John Chappell character Captain Cleaves
Brent Jennings character Mr. Clarence (as Brent N. Jennings)
Harry Groener character Dr. Campbell
William Newman character Dunfield - Prison Board (as William M. Newman)
Noble Willingham character Dr. Fenster
Jane Cecil character Bea Williams - Prison Board
Ebbe Roe Smith character Pavitch
Young Hwa Han character Leonard Ng
Vic Polizos character Billy Baylock
Jon Van Ness character Zaranska
