- Patrick Swayze as Sam Wheat
- Demi Moore as Molly Jensen
- Whoopi Goldberg as Oda Mae Brown
- Tony Goldwyn as Carl Bruner
The film also stars Rick Aviles as Willy Lopez. Stephen Root, (the Police Sergeant) and the director’s mother, Charlotte Zucker, have cameo roles, as does Phil Leeds as the hospital ghost, and Vincent Schiavelli as the “Subway Ghost”, one of the film’s more memorable characters.
