Cast
- Ellen Burstyn as Alice Hyatt, a woman in her thirties who once worked as a singer
- Alfred Lutter as Tommy, Alice's talkative preteen son
- Kris Kristofferson as David, a regular customer of Mel's diner
- Billy Green Bush as Donald, a truck driver, Alice's husband
- Diane Ladd as Flo, a hardened, sharp-tongued waitress
- Lelia Goldoni as Bea, Alice's friend and neighbor in Socorro.
- Lane Bradbury as Rita
- Vic Tayback as Mel, a short-order cook who owns his own diner
- Jodie Foster as Audrey, a girl with delinquent tendencies
- Harvey Keitel as Ben, a hot-tempered man who assembles gun ammunition for a living
- Valerie Curtin as Vera, a shy, high-strung waitress
- Murray Moston as Jacobs
- Harry Northup as Joe & Jim's Bartender
Director Martin Scorsese cameoed as man in the cafe. Diane Ladd's daughter, future actress Laura Dern, appears as the little girl eating ice cream in the diner.
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