"The gory ax-murder of one suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense."
Barbara Hershey
as Candy Morrison
Brian Dennehy
as Ed Reivers
John Terry
as Stan Blankenship
Richard Gilliland
as Dale Morrison
Lee Garlington
as Peggy Blankenship
Hal Holbrook
as Dr. Beardsley
Matthew Posey
as Norman Billings
James Monroe Black
as Dr. Giles
Dennis Letts
as Chief McAlester
Marco Perella
as Rick Slocum
Norman Bennett
as Jim Ramsey
Jerry Haynes
as Judge Scott
Rodger Boyce
as Rex Staples
Daphne Eckler
as Dede Alexander
Jan DeWitt
as Connie Keating
Charles Carroll
as Bob Shelton
Blue Deckert
as Andy Blassingame
Spencer Prokop
as Kevin Sanders
Jacob Parker
as Sean Morrison
Lisa Renee Wilson
as Sara Morrison
Haley Miller
as Meg Blakenship
Louanne Stephens
as Claire Meriwether
Karis Paige Bryant
as Little Candy
Willie Minor
as Baliff
Aaron Chadwick
as Deputy
Wendye Clarendon
as Little Candy's Mom
Peyton E. Park
as Jury Foreman
John Hussey
as Al Stevens
Jack Gould
as Parishioner #1
Gary Ragland
as Reporter #1
Vennessa Tate
as Reporter #2
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Director
Rob Edleson
Set Decoration
Janet Lucas Lawler
Costume Design
Jimi White
Makeup Artist
Burton Weinstein
Supervising Sound Editor
Mary Rose
Costume Designer
Jack Marty
Art Direction
Cynthia Cidre
Co-Producer
Courtney Pledger
Producer
Robert Elswit
Director of Photography
Andrew Richter
Associate Producer
Dan Witt
Bruce J. Sallan
Executive Producer
Shari Hamrick
Richard Gibbs
Original Music Composer
Judith A. Polone
Harvey Rosenstock
Editor
James Atkinson
Book
John Bloom
Teleplay