Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kevin Costner | ... | Ray Kinsella | |
Amy Madigan | ... | Annie Kinsella | |
Gaby Hoffmann | ... | Karin Kinsella | |
Ray Liotta | ... | Shoeless Joe Jackson | |
Timothy Busfield | ... | Mark | |
James Earl Jones | ... | Terence Mann | |
Burt Lancaster | ... | Dr. Archibald 'Moonlight' Graham | |
Frank Whaley | ... | Archie Graham | |
Dwier Brown | ... | John Kinsella | |
![]() |
James Andelin | ... | Feed Store Farmer |
![]() |
Mary Anne Kean | ... | Feed Store Lady |
![]() |
Fern Persons | ... | Annie's Mother |
Kelly Coffield Park | ... | Dee, Mark's Wife (as Kelly Coffield) | |
Michael Milhoan | ... | Buck Weaver - 3B | |
Steve Eastin | ... | Eddie Cicotte - P |
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, "If you build it, he will come." He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>
This is the man's answer to Terms of Endearment, especially for those of us who are older and have lost our fathers and remember baseball together. Ladies, turn away as your guy wipes his eyes a few times. Pretend it must be seasonal allergies.