"A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends."
John Cusack
as John Kelso
Kevin Spacey
as James Williams
Jude Law
as Billy Carl Hanson
Alison Eastwood
as Mandy Nichols
Jack Thompson
as Sonny Seiler
Irma P. Hall
as Minerva
Paul Hipp
as Joe Odom
Lady Chablis
as Chablis Deveau
Dorothy Loudon
as Serena Dawes
Anne Haney
as Margaret Williams
Kim Hunter
as Betty Harty
Geoffrey Lewis
as Luther Driggers
Richard Herd
as Henry Skerridge
Leon Rippy
as Detective Boone
Bob Gunton
as Finley Largent
Michael O'Hagan
as Geza Von Habsburg
Gary Anthony Williams
as Bus Driver
Tim Black
as Jeff Braswell
Muriel Moore
as Mrs. Maureen Baxter
Sonny Seiler
as Judge White
Terry Rhoads
as Assistant D.A.
Victor Brandt
as Bailiff
Patricia Herd
as Juror #1
Nick Gillie
as Juror #20
Patrika Darbo
as Sara Warren
Emma Kelly
as Herself
Tyrone Lee Weaver
as Ellis
Greg Goossen
as Prison Cell Lunatic
Shannon Eubanks
as Mrs. Hamilton
Virginia Duncan
as Card Club Woman #1
Rhoda Griffis
as Card Club Woman #2
Judith Robinson
as Card Club Woman #3
Jo Ann Pflug
as Cynthia Vaughn
James Moody
as Mr. Glover
John Duncan
as Gentleman in Park
Bess S. Thompson
as Pretty Girl
Jin Hi Soucy
as Receptionist
Michael Rosenbaum
as George Tucker
Dan Biggers
as Harry Cram
Georgia Allen
as Lucille Wright
Collin Wilcox Paxton
as Woman at Party
Charles Black
as Alpha
Aleta Mitchell
as Alphabette
Kevin Harry
as Phillip
Dorothy Kingery
as Jim William's Sister
Amanda Kingery
as Jim William's Niece Amanda
Susan Kingery
as Jim William's Niece Susan
Ted Manson
as Passer-by
Margaret R. Davis
as Ruth
Danny Nelson
as Senator
Bree Luck
as Woman at Club
Ann Cusack
as Delivery Woman
Jerry Spence
as Hair Dresser
Anita Zuckerman
Executive Producer
Jack N. Green
Director of Photography
Arnold Stiefel
Producer
Joel Cox
Editor
Clint Eastwood
Director
Lennie Niehaus
Original Music Composer
Phyllis Huffman
Casting
John Lee Hancock
Screenplay
Sam Emerson
Still Photographer
Henry Bumstead
Production Design
Mike Dobie
Sound Effects Editor
Eryn Krueger Mekash
Makeup Artist
David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Linda Boykin-Williams
Julie Callihan
Kevin E. Carpenter
Alan Robert Murray
Supervising Sound Editor
Jayme S. Parker
Jack G. Taylor Jr.
Art Direction
Doug Jackson
Adam Johnston
Gary Krivacek
Tania McComas
Key Makeup Artist
Jay Wilkinson
Bub Asman
Jeffrey J. Haboush
John Berendt
Book
Tom Rooker
Co-Producer
Michael Maurer
Associate Producer
Bill Coe
First Assistant "A" Camera
Don Roth
Assistant Editor
Robert Lorenz
First Assistant Director
John H. Anderson
Set Decoration
Paul Varrieur
"B" Camera Operator
Peter N. Green
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Marvin E. Lewis
Boom Operator
Sybil Gray
Key Costumer
Carol A. O'Connell
Key Hair Stylist
Donald Harris
Music Editor
Dodi Lee Rubenstein
Second Assistant Director
James J. Murakami
Willie D. Burton
Sound Mixer
Bill McConnell Jr.
First Assistant "B" Camera
Richard C. Goddard
Cate Hardman
Script Supervisor
David Linton
Cableman
Cindy Evans
Set Costumer
Kevin A. Thompson
Chief Lighting Technician
Antonio V. Garrido
Dolly Grip
Production Manager
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Juno J. Ellis
ADR Supervisor
Vivian McAteer
Hairstylist
Charles Saldaña III
Key Grip
Michael Cipriano
Gary D. Roach
Frank R. Jimenez Jr.
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Jan Gould
Best Boy Grip
Joe Pancake
Special Effects Coordinator
Stephen S. Campanelli
Steadicam Operator
Denise Bailie
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Deborah Hopper
Costume Supervisor
Charles W. Wayt
Michael Sexton
Property Master
Peggy Schnitzer
Marco Barla
Unit Publicist
Francis Pennington
Special Effects
Frank Helbig
Tim Monich
Dialect Coach
Mika Saito
Assistant Production Coordinator
Kate Sawyer
Costumer
Tim Moran
"A" Camera Operator
Steve Riley
Ken Ebert
Jim Jolly
Jason McGatlin
Production Coordinator
Andrew White
Production Secretary
Bob Hartman
Production Accountant
Ron Ashmore
Standby Painter
Chuck Herrmann
Assistant Property Master
John J. Rutchland Jr.
Construction Coordinator
Keith Dillin
Transportation Coordinator
Craig Hosking
Pilot
Samuel C. Crutcher
Dialogue Editor
John F. Reynolds
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Bob Putynkowski
Color Timer
David M. Bernstein
Second Second Assistant Director
David Horton Jr.
Foley Supervisor
Constance A. Kazmer
Robb Wilson
Assistant Sound Editor
Darrin Martin
George Orrison
Stunts
Laura Bryant
Assistant Location Manager
Patrick J. Foley
Bruce Richardson
Michelle Pleis
Olivia Harris
Casting Associate
Denise Horta
ADR Editor
Pete Bianco
Transportation Captain
John Findley III
Andy Kopetzky
Foley Editor
Paul C. Warschilka
Antoinette Levine
Location Manager
Frank M. Fleming
Leadman
Shay Bentley Griffin
Additional Casting
Scott D. Jackson
Scott Burrow
Claudia Ramsumair
Casting Assistant
Neil Burrow
Butch Wolf
Stephen Janisz
Sandra Renfroe
Rosemarie Unite
Karen Spangenberg
Kim Nolan
Charles Nixon III
Craig Nolan