В ролях

• Tom Hanks — Paul Edgecomb
• Michael Clarke Duncan — John Coffey
• David Morse — Brutus "Brutal" Howell
• Doug Hutchison — Percy Wetmore
• Sam Rockwell — 'Wild Bill' Wharton
• Bonnie Hunt — Jan Edgecomb
• James Cromwell — Warden Hal Moores
• Patricia Clarkson — Melinda Moores
• Graham Greene — Arlen Bitterbuck
• Gary Sinise — Lawyer Burt Hammersmith
• Michael Jeter — Eduard Delacroix
• Van Epperson — Police Officer
• Rebecca Klingler — Wife at Del's Execution
• Rai Tasco — Man in Nursing Home
• Gary Imhoff — Husband at Del's Execution
• Dee Croxton — Woman at Del's Execution
• Dabbs Greer — Old Paul Edgecomb
• Brian Libby — Sheriff McGee
• Bill McKinney — Jack Van Hay
• Bill Gratton — Earl the Plumber
• Barry Pepper — Dean Stanton
• William Sadler — Klaus Detterick
• Scotty Leavenworth — Hammersmith's Son
• Rachel Singer — Cynthia Hammersmith
• Paula Malcomson — Marjorie Detterick
• Jeffrey DeMunn — Harry Terwilliger
• Harry Dean Stanton — Toot-Toot
• Eve Brent — Elaine Connelly
• Brent Briscoe — Bill Dodge