Obsazení

• Chris Cooper — John Hickam
• Laura Dern — Miss Riley
• Chris Owen — Quentin
• William Lee Scott — Roy Lee
• Elya Baskin — Ike Bykovsky
• David Dwyer — Jake Mosby
• Jake Gyllenhaal — Homer Hickam
• Chad Lindberg — O'Dell
• Natalie Canerday — Elsie Hickam
• Scott Miles — Jim Hickam
• Randy Stripling — Leon Bolden
• Chris Ellis — Principal Turner
• Terry Loughlin — Mr. Dantzler
• Charles Lawlor — Un mineur