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Jack Nicholson
Henry Moon

Mary Steenburgen
Julia Tate

Christopher Lloyd
Towfield

John Belushi
Hector

Veronica Cartwright
Hermine

Richard Bradford
Sheriff Kyle

Jeff Morris
Big Abe

Danny DeVito
Hog

Tracey Walter
Coogan
Gerald H. Reynolds
Polty

Luana Anders
Mrs. Anderson
George W. Smith
Mr. Anderson

Lucy Lee Flippin
Mrs. Haber

Ed Begley Jr.
Mr. Haber
Maureen Byrnes
Mrs. Warren
B. J. Merholz
Mr. Warren

Britt Leach
Parson Weems
Georgia Schmidt
Florence
Barbara Ann Grimes
Spinster I

Anne Ramsey
Spinster II
Jack Nicholson
Charles Shyer, Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner, Alan Mandell
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