| Barbara Hershey | ... Aunt Julia |
| Keanu Reeves | ... Martin Loader |
| Peter Falk | ... Pedro Carmichael |
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| Bill McCutcheon | ... Puddler |
| Patricia Clarkson | ... Aunt Olga |
| Richard Portnow | ... Uncle Luke |
| Jerome Dempsey | ... Sam & Sid |
| Richard B. Shull | ... Leonard Pando |
| Paul Austin | ... Donald Loader |
| Joel Fabiani | ... Ted Orson |
| Crystal Field | ... Josephine Sanders |
| Jayne Haynes | ... Aunt Hortensia |
| Mary Joy | ... Frances Loader |
| Rob Kramer | ... Jamie |
| Anna Levine Thomson | ... Faith Hope |
| Peter Maloney | ... Luther Aslinger |
| Irving Metzman | ... Producer Detroit Radio |
| Bill Moor | ... Duke Vermont |
| Dedee Pfeiffer | ... Nellie |
| Jon Van Ness | ... Brent Moconnochie |
| William Murray Weiss | ... Peter Loader |
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| and |
| Henry Gibson | ... Big John Coot |
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| Soap Opera Players |
| Peter Gallagher | ... Richard Quince |
| Dan Hedaya | ... Robert Quince |
| Buck Henry | ... Fr. Serafim |
| Hope Lange | ... Margaret Quince |
| John Larroquette | ... Dr. Albert Quince |
| Elizabeth McGovern | ... Elena Quince |
| Robert Sedgwick | ... Elmore Dubuque |
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| Featured Players |
| Danny Aiello III | ... Large Albanian Man #2 |
| Pawl Burke | ... Albanian Protester |
| Jack Harvey | ... Fireman |
| Mert Hatfield | ... WXBU Engineer |
| Shirley Horn | ... Jazz Singer |
| Ishmond Jones, Jr. | ... Waiter |
| Howard Kingkade | ... News Man Detroit |
| Adam LeFevre | ... Large Albanian Man #1 |
| Chuck Margiotta | ... Large Albanian Man #3 |
| Ray McKinnon | ... Cub Reporter |
| Gladys Vega | ... Secretary |
| Jack Wallace | ... Policeman |
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| The Wynton Marsalis Band |
| Wynton Marsalis | ... The Wynton Marsalis Band |
| Wessell Anderson | ... The Wynton Marsalis Band |
| Wycliffe Gordon | ... The Wynton Marsalis Band |
| Herlin Riley | ... The Wynton Marsalis Band |
| Marcus Roberts | ... The Wynton Marsalis Band |
| Reginald Veal | ... The Wynton Marsalis Band |
| Dr. Michael White | ... The Wynton Marsalis Band |
| Todd Williams | ... The Wynton Marsalis Band |
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| Additional Featured Musicians for Wynton Marsalis Recording |
| Alvin Batiste | ... Featured Musician |
| Kimati Dinizulu | ... Featured Musician |
| Herb Harris | ... Featured Musician |
| Howard Johnson | ... Featured Musician |
| Jimmy McGriff | ... Featured Musician |
| Joe Temperly | ... Featured Musician |
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| The Neville Brothers |
| Aaron Neville | ... The Neville Brothers |
| Art Neville | ... The Neville Brothers |
| Charles Neville | ... The Neville Brothers |
| Cyril Neville | ... The Neville Brothers |
