Casting : Shirley Knight (Melanie Cullen) Geoffrey Naughts (James Cullen) David Lansbury (Douglas Phillips) Jerry Orbach (Frank Lehrman) Joan Copeland (Juge Rebecca Stein) Howard Witt (Gruen) William Bogert (Jules Simon) Ben Hammer (Juge Mooney) Barry Snider (O'Malley) David Smyrl (Warner) Vince Viverito (Gus) Christine Farrell (Arlene Shrier) Stanja Lowe (Preston) Ray Demattis (Kolvino) Catherine Lloyd Burns (Sheila) Timothy Britten Parker (Meade) Richard Litt (Rossi) Keith Diamond (Jackson) Ben Lin (Chinese Manager) Stan Egi (Chang) Judith Roberts (Harriet) Robert Stanton (Jed Knox) Colleen Cowan (Sally Knox) Lawrence Green (Juror Gillette) Helen Mitchell (Juror Bogan) Jerry Giorgio (Greffier) Christina Haag (Cecily)