"Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend."
Meryl Streep
as Carolyn Ryan
Liam Neeson
as Ben Ryan
Edward Furlong
as Jacob Ryan
Julia Weldon
as Judith Ryan
Alfred Molina
as Panos Demeris
Daniel von Bargen
as Fran Conklin
John Heard
as Wendell Bye
Ann Magnuson
as Terry Taverner
Alison Folland
as Martha Taverner
Kaiulani Lee
as Marian Raynor, Prosecutor
Larry Pine
as Dr. Tom McAnally
Ellen Lancaster
as Panos' Assistant
Wesley Addy
as Judge Grady
Oliver Graney
as T.J.
Bernadette Quigley
as T.J.'s Mom
Pamela Blair
as Dr. Ryan's Assistant
John Wylie
as Dr. Trygve Hanson
John Deyle
as Doctor #1
Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh
as Young Policeman
John Webber
as Hardware Clerk
Jay Potter
as TV Reporter
Sharon Ullrick
as Female Bailiff
Robert Westenberg
as Journalist #1
Susan Pratt
as Journalist #2
Nino Del Padre
as Court Defendant (uncredited)
Jim Gardner
as Arraignment Court Clerk (uncredited)
Paul Giamatti
as Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
Jordan Lund
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Erin Liz Peck
as Protester (uncredited)
Kevin Craig West
as Photo Journalist (uncredited)
Barbet Schroeder
Director
Chris Brigham
Unit Production Manager
Denise Pinckley
Production Supervisor
Carl Sprague
Assistant Art Director
Daniel K. Grosso
Set Dresser
Michael DeCasper
Second Assistant Director
Jessica Lanier
Assistant Set Decoration
Henry J. Bronchtein
First Assistant Director
Scott Hornbacher
Location Manager
Chris Vogt
Kathleen McGill
Production Controller
Dick Mingalone
Camera Operator
Jonathan Glickman
Associate Producer
Amy Lauritsen
Second Second Assistant Director
Daniel Rosenblum
Boom Operator
Cornelia 'Nini' Rogan
Script Supervisor
Jerry Holway
Steadicam Operator
Patricia Eiben
Costume Supervisor
Raymond M. Samitz
Construction Coordinator
Steve Kirshoff
Special Effects Coordinator
JoAnn M. Laub
Post Production Supervisor
Nicholas Renbeck
Assistant Sound Editor
Todd Milner
John D. Milinac
Dave Lowry
Dolly Grip
Kevin P. Faherty
Ron Bochar
Supervising Sound Editor
Tom Nelson
Sound Mixer
Erin Folsey
Assistant Costume Designer
Tom Prate
Key Grip
Donna Stern
First Assistant Editor
Gina Alfano
Dialogue Editor
David E. Baron
Second Assistant Camera
Garrett Brown
David Knox
Dan Evans Farkas
Eliza Paley
Sue Gandy
Michael Green
First Assistant Camera
Deborah Wallach
ADR Supervisor
Terri Taylor
Extras Casting Assistant
David M. Graves
Stunts
Jim Bridges
Still Photographer
Carolyn Pickman
Extras Casting
Bob Marrocco
Kam Chan
Foley Editor
Tim Monich
Dialect Coach
Richard L. Blackwell
Stunt Coordinator
Michael Barry
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Blaise Corrigan
G.A. Aguilar
Donald J. Hewitt Jr.
Meredith Tucker
Casting Assistant
Steven Visscher
John Kurlander
Scoring Mixer
Jim Vickers
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
Kathryn Mindala
First Assistant Accountant
Mark Ginsberg
Color Timer
Frank Kern
Doug Coleman
Danny Downey
Larry Kaplan
Unit Publicist
Deborah Watkins
Robert Dawson
Title Designer
Stuart Robertson
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ned Corrigan
Douglas Crosby
Roy Farfel
Luciano Tovoli
Director of Photography
Lee Percy
Editor
Howard Shore
Original Music Composer
Ray Fisher
Roger Birnbaum
Executive Producer
Gretchen Rau
Set Decoration
Lori Guidroz
Hair Department Head
J. Roy Helland
Makeup Artist
Steve Saklad
Art Direction
Hairstylist
Craig Lyman
Key Makeup Artist
Producer
Susan Hoffman
Joe Roth
Jean Ann Black
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Howard Feuer
Casting
Stuart Wurtzel
Production Design
Rosellen Brown
Book
Ted Tally
Screenplay