Dudley
Denzel Washington
Julia Biggs
Whitney Houston
Arlene Chattan
Shari Headley
Anna Eldridge
Marcella Lowery
Mrs. Havergal
Cissy Houston
Debbie Paige
Charlotte d'Amboise
Johnson Keeley
Helmar Augustus Cooper
Pizza Man
Jernard Burks
Teen
Aaron A. McConnaughey
Osbert
Lex Monson
Hakim
Darvel Davis Jr.
Billy Eldridge
William James Stiggers Jr.
Reverend Henry Biggs
Courtney B. Vance
Shyheim Franklin
Taral Hicks
Kennan Scott
Robber
Michael Alexander Jackson
Liquor Store Owner
Jamie Tirelli
Judge
Lizan Mitchell
Bailiff
Robert Colston
Receptionist
Juliehera DeStefano
Mary Halford
Delores Mitchell
Hanley's Waiter
David Langston Smyrl
Joe Hamilton
Gregory Hines
Christmas Tree Man
Harsh Nayyar
Pianist
Mervyn Warren
Drummer
Roy Haynes
Sax Player
George Coleman
Guitar Player
Ted Dunbar
Bass Player
Jamil Nasser
Bernita
Mary Bond Davis
Teleprompter Operator
Toukie Smith
Margueritte Coleman
Jenifer Lewis
Beverly
Loretta Devine
Saul Jeffreys
Paul Bates
Jeremiah Biggs
Justin Pierre Edmund
Britsloe
Lionel Richie
Robbie
Victor Williams
Executive Producer
Robert Greenhut
Director
Penny Marshall
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Co-Producer
Debra Martin Chase
Original Film Writer
Robert E. Sherwood
Cinematography
Miroslav Ondříček
Screenplay
Allan Scott
Original Music Composer
Hans Zimmer
Executive In Charge Of Production
John Bard Manulis
Novel
Robert Nathan
Nat Mauldin
Editor
George Bowers
Stephen A. Rotter
Production Design
Bill Groom
Art Direction
Dennis Bradford
Set Decoration
George DeTitta Jr.
Costume Design
Cynthia Flynt
Supervising Sound Editor
Dennis Drummond
Second Assistant Director
H.H. Cooper
Leonardo Bercovici
Elliot Abbott
Timothy M. Bourne
Associate Producer
Bonnie Hlinomaz
Hairstylist
Larry M. Cherry
Assistant Hairstylist
Lisa Hazell
Makeup Artist
Michele Paris
Edna Sheen
Key Hair Stylist
Kenneth Walker
Ellie Winslow
Donald De Line
Assistant Production Manager
Debra D. Jeffreys
Unit Production Manager
Amy Lemisch
Casting
Paula Herold
Casting Associate
Stephanie Corsalini