
135 minutes
6/21/1996
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Chris Cooper
as Sam Deeds

Elizabeth Peña
as Pilar Cruz

Kris Kristofferson
as Charlie Wade

Clifton James
as Hollis Pogue

Miriam Colon
as Mercedes Cruz

Ron Canada
as Otis Payne

Joe Morton
as Delmore "Del" Payne

Matthew McConaughey
as Buddy Deeds

Jeff Monahan
as Young Hollis

Gabriel Casseus
as Young Otis

Frances McDormand
as Bunny

LaTanya Richardson Jackson
as Priscilla Worth

Tony Plana
as Ray
Stephen J. Lang
as Mikey

Jesse Borrego
as Danny

Richard Coca
as Enrique

Carmen De Lavallade
as Carolyn

Stephen Mendillo
as Cliff

Gordon Tootoosis
as Wesley Birdsong

Beatrice Winde
as Minnie Bledsoe

Oni Faida Lampley
as Celie

Eleese Lester
as Molly

Joe Stevens
as Deputy Travis
Gonzalo Castillo
as Amado

Tony Frank
as Fenton

Eddie Robinson
as Chet

Chandra Wilson
as Athena
Damon Guy
as Shadow

Dee Macaluso
as Anglo Mother
Luis Cobo
as Mexican-American Father

Marco Perella
as Anglo Father
Don Phillips, Jr.
as Principal
Mary Jane R. Hernandez
as Mexican-American Mother
Carina Martinez
as Paloma

Richard Andrew Jones
as Ben Wetzel

Randy Stripling
as Roderick
Richard Reyes
as Jorge
Olga Luna
as Waitress
Juan Vega III
as Cook
Lizzie Curry Martinez
as Girl

Leo Burmester
as Cody

Vanessa Martinez
as Young Pilar
Tay Strathairn
as Young Sam

Sam Vlahos
as Pete
Maricela Gonzalez
as Anselma

Tony Amendola
as Chucho Montoya
Gilbert R. Cuellar Jr.
as Eladio
James Borrego
as Young Chucho

Lisa Suarez
as Marisol
Jesús Ramirez
as Driver

John Griesemer
as Football Announcer (voice)
Eduardo Martínez
as Jaime
Azalea Mendez
as Young Mercedes