Jack Nicholson

Francis Phelan

Meryl Streep

Helen Archer

Carroll Baker

Annie Phelan

Michael O'Keefe

Billy

Diane Venora

Peg

Fred Gwynne

Oscar Reo

Margaret Whitton

Katrina

Tom Waits

Rudy

Jake Dengel

Pee Wee

Nathan Lane

Harold Allen

James Gammon

Reverend Chester

Laura Esterman

Nora

Will Zahrn

Rowdy Dick

Joe Grifasi

Jack

Hy Anzell

Rosskam

Bethel Leslie

Librarian

Richard Hamilton

Donovan

Black-Eyed Susan

Clara