The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
- Val Kilmer - Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
- Sônia Braga - Emily Del Pino Pacheco
- Charles Durning - Warden Hardy
- Kyra Sedgwick - Lillian Salo
- James Keach - Father Vincent Godfrey Burns
- Clancy Brown - Flagg
- Elisha Cook Jr. - Pappy Glue
- William Sanderson - Trump
- Taj Mahal - Bones
- Paul Benjamin - Big Sam
- Bill Bolender - Rayford
- Esther Benson - Mother Burns
- Bert Conway - Father Burns
- Charles Carroll - Hobo #1
- Ransom Andrews - Hobo #2
- Stan Sturing - Burn's Atlanta Lawyer
- John Mitchum - Atlanta Judge
- Taylor Presnell - George Seales
- Roy Morgan - Deebo
- Bert Williams - Police Chief
- Lawrence Parks - Merle McBain
- Chris Mulkey - Burn's Chicago Lawyer
- Billy Kane - Burley
- Jerry Anderson - Speech Chairman
- Rony Clanton - Cowboy
- Warren Vanders - Stuckey
- Tommy Bush - Chicago Judge
- Bill Gratton - Georgia Parole Board Official
- Michael Clark - Detective #1
- George Auld - Detective #2
- Helen Hall - Bookstore Owner
- Pat Minter - Trustee #1
- Joe McCaig - Trustee #2
- Harlan Jordan - Backwoodsman
- Julius Tennon - Nub
- Desmond Dhooge - Dog Handler
- Dennis Pace - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Page Doyle - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Charles Floyd - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Mitch Smith - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Richard Nelson - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Kenneth Cooks - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Stephen Ham - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Clyde Hutchinson, Jr. - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Glynn Bradley - Chain Gang Prisoner
- L. B. Jernigan - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Robert Callender - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Edward C. Langston - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Tim Hicks - Chain Gang Prisoner
- Charles McClelland - Chain Gang Prisoner
