"Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son."
Jim Carrey
as Peter Appleton
Martin Landau
as Harry Trimble
Laurie Holden
as Adele Stanton
Gerry Black
as Emmett Smith
David Ogden Stiers
as Doc Stanton
Bob Balaban
as Elvin Glyde
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Mayor Ernie Cole
Hal Holbrook
as Congressman Doyle
Brent Briscoe
as Sheriff Cecil Coleman
Ron Rifkin
as Kevin Bannerman
James Whitmore
as Stan Keller
Susan Willis
as Irene Terwilliger
Catherine Dent
as Mabel
Brian Howe
as Carl Leffert
Karl Bury
as Bob Leffert
Chelcie Ross
as Avery Wyatt
Amanda Detmer
as Sandra Sinclair
Allen Garfield
as Leo Kubelsky
Daniel von Bargen
as Federal Agent Ellerby
Mario Roccuzzo
as Jerry the Bartender
Earl Boen
as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Bruce Campbell
as Roland the Intrepid Explorer
Cliff Curtis
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Michael Sloane
as Kindly Old Professor Meredith
Garry Marshall
as Studio Executive (voice)
Paul Mazursky
Sydney Pollack
Carl Reiner
Rob Reiner
Matt Damon
as Luke Trimble (voice)
Shawn Doyle
as Federal Agent Saunders
Frank Collison
as Subpoena Server
Bill Gratton
as Daley
Ginger Williams
as Louise
Ken Magee
as Coastal Engineer
Csilla Horvath
as Nurse Muriel
April Ortiz
as Vera
Larry Cox
as Grauman's Usher
Julie Richardson
as Grauman's Bon-Bon Girl
Scotty Leavenworth
as Joey
Grant Vaught
as Boy on Beach
Bob Wells
as Reverend
Kevin DeMunn
as Western Union Man
Matt G. Wiens
as Spencer Wyatt
Jeffrey Adams
as Principal Swing Dancer (uncredited)
Steven Lee Allen
as Studio Guard (uncredited)
Kris Andersson
as Dancer (uncredited)
Alvah Bessie
as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Cole) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Herbert J. Biberman
as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jennifer Blaire
as Carl's Date (uncredited)
Chris Carver
Lester Cole
Lathan Crowe
as Casanova (uncredited)
Corey Foxx
as Photographer (uncredited)
Kate Greeke
as Popcorn Girl (uncredited)
Gordon Hart
as Swing Dancer (uncredited)
J. Edgar Hoover
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jesse Jensen
as Soldier (uncredited)
Mary Kircher
Tony Laanan
as Grauman's Usher (uncredited)
Ring Lardner, Jr.
as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Biberman) (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Howard Lawson
as Self (Hollywood Ten, testifies) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brian Libby
as Studio Guard Hal (uncredited)
Melissa S. Markess
Amanda Melby
as Young Mrs. Trimble (uncredited)
Christopher Metas
as Cassanova (uncredited)
Samuel Ornitz
Kimberly Prendez
as Girl at Welcome Home Party (uncredited)
Maudie Purcell
as Old Lady (uncredited)
Bubba Dean Rambo
George Ratliff
Craig Richards
Philip Romano
as Sword fight (uncredited)
Dave Rosenbaum
Adrian Scott
Gary Sommers
as FBI Agent (uncredited)
Cole Spivey
as Theater Patron (uncredited)
Tai
as Elephant (uncredited)
Robert Thorne
Jack Truman
as Party Member (uncredited)
Steven Paul Zsenyuk
as Driver/Theater Patron (uncredited)
Frank Darabont
Director
Screenplay
Producer
David Tattersall
Director of Photography
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Jim Page
Editor
Bill Corso
Makeup Department Head
Natalie Pope
Set Decoration
Karyn Wagner
Costume Design
Gregory S. Melton
Production Design
Deborah Aquila
Casting
Susan Malerstein
Script Supervisor
Lyn Matsuda Norton
Vince Filippone
First Assistant Editor
Tracey Wadmore-Smith
Tom Carlson
Music Editor
Todd Sater
Rigging Gaffer
H. Mark Vuille
Gaffer
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
David Emmerichs
Steadicam Operator
Camera Operator
Mark Ulano
Production Sound Mixer
Richard L. Anderson
Supervising Sound Editor
Dean A. Zupancic
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Terry Porter
Mel Metcalfe
Tom Hartig
Boom Operator
Alison Harstedt
Production Supervisor
Katie Rowe
Stunts
Jacob Cooney
Set Production Assistant
Jim Behnke
Executive Producer
P. Erik Carlson
Art Direction
Thomas A. Walsh
Bridget Bergman
Makeup Artist
Karen Blynder
Belinda Bryant
N. Kristine Chadwick
Catherine Childers
Hairstylist
Yvonne Depatis-Kupka
Key Hair Stylist
Linda Flowers
Michelle Garbin
Ketty Gonzalez
Teressa Hill
Felicia Linsky
Judy Mathai
Anne Morgan
Bill Myer
Douglas Noe
Key Makeup Artist
Nina Paskowitz
Hair Department Head
Sheryl Ptak
Makeup Designer
Christina Raye
Katherine Rees
Randy Sayer
Rita Troy
Judy Yonemoto
Paula Case
Second Assistant Director
K.C. Colwell
First Assistant Director
Craig Comstock
Second Second Assistant Director
Robert 'Skid' Skidmore
Additional Second Assistant Director
Julia K. Levine
Set Designer
Petra Bach
ADR Supervisor
Mike Chock
Sound Effects Editor
Steve Finnigan
ADR Recordist
Doc Kane
ADR Mixer
Steve Lee
Piero Mura
Dialogue Editor
Thomas J. O'Connell
George Simpson
Marvin Walowitz
Thomas Vicari
Sound Mixer
Everett Byrom III
Special Effects Technician
Steve Costello
Ante Dugandzic
Scott Hastings
Scott Douglas MacLachlan
Special Effects
Matt McDonnell
Dan Ossello
Corey Pritchett
Special Effects Supervisor
Darrell Pritchett
Special Effects Coordinator
Steve Salazar
Brian Tipton
Keith O. Wilson
Sylvia Nold Wilson
Daniel Yates
Craig Barron
Visual Effects Supervisor
Krystyna Demkowicz
Visual Effects Producer
Pat Banta
Stunt Coordinator
Dotan Bonen
Utility Stunts
Charlie Brewer
Jeremiah Vaughn