Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Mary Steenburgen
Marsh Turner
Rip Torn
Charles Rawlings
Jay O. Sanders
Tim
John Hammond
Postal Clerk
Tommy Alford
Man in the Rocking Chair
Norton Baskin
Store Keeper
Terrence Gehr
Preston Turner
Keith Michel
Mary Turner
Nora Rogers
Minister
Kenneth V. Vickery
Sheriff
C.T. Wakefield
Max Perkins
Malcolm McDowell
Peter Coyote
Ellie Turner
Dana Hill
Geechee
Alfre Woodard
Mrs. Turner
Joanna Miles
Paul
Ike Eisenmann
Tim's Wife
Toni Hudson
Floyd Turner
Cary Guffey
Leroy
Bo Rucker
Screenplay
Dalene Young
Original Music Composer
Leonard Rosenman
Director
Martin Ritt
Producer
Co-Producer
Terence Nelson
Editor
Sidney Levin
Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Casting
Caro Jones
Robert B. Radnitz
Production Design
Walter Scott Herndon
Costume Design
Joe I. Tompkins
Production Manager
Hairstylist
Werner Sherer
Set Decoration
Gregory Garrison
Makeup Artist
Lee Halls
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