"A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally."
Nick Nolte
as Wade Whitehouse
Sissy Spacek
as Margie Fogg
James Coburn
as Glen Whitehouse
Willem Dafoe
as Rolfe Whitehouse
Mary Beth Hurt
as Lillian
Jim True-Frost
as Jack Hewitt
Marian Seldes
as Alma Pittman
Holmes Osborne
as Gordon LaRiviere
Brigid Tierney
as Jill
Sean McCann
as Evan Twombley
Wayne Robson
as Nick Wickham
Eugene Lipinski
as J. Battle Hand
Tim Post
as Chick Ward
Christopher Heyerdahl
as Frankie Lacoy
Janine Theriault
as Hettie Rogers
Paul Stewart
as Horner
Sheena Larkin
as Lugene Brooks
Penny Mancuso
as Woman Driver
Danielle Desormeaux
as Elaine
Donovan Reiter
as Short-haired Local
Brawley Nolte
as Young Wade
Michael Caloz
as Young Rolfe
Joanna Noyes
as Sally Whitehouse
Marcel Jeannin
as State Trooper
Susan Almgren
as Mrs. Gordon
Steve Adams
as Mel Gordon
Martha-Marie Kleinhans
as Lena
Mark Camacho
as Clyde
Ralph Allison
as Reverend Doughty
Charles Edwin Powell
as Jimmy Dane
Paul Schrader
Director
Anne Pritchard
Production Design
Linda Reisman
Producer
Russell Banks
Novel
Barr B. Potter
Executive Producer
Paul Sarossy
Director of Photography
Jay Rabinowitz
Editor
Michael Brook
Original Music Composer
Kathleen Chopin
Casting
Ellen Chenoweth
Eric Berg
Co-Producer
Screenplay
David Larry
Art Direction
Josette Perrotta
Line Producer
Frank K. Isaac
Louis Craig
Special Effects
Anne Alloucherie
Third Assistant Director
Monique Champagne
Script Supervisor
Pedro Gandol
First Assistant Director
David McKeown
Stunt Coordinator
Michel Chauvin
Unit Manager
Francine Langlois
Second Assistant Director
Diane Simard
Makeup Artist
Bob Pritchett
Hairstylist
Burtt Harris
Production Manager
Isabelle Brutus
JoAnn M. Laub
Post Production Supervisor
François Laplante
Costume Design
Michel Beaudet
Tony Martinez
Supervising Sound Editor
Paul P. Soucek
Sound Effects Editor