| Credited cast, sorted by IMDb STARmeter: | |||
| Cate Blanchett | ... | Lilith Ritter | |
| Bradley Cooper | ... | Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle | |
| Toni Collette | ... | Zeena Krumbein | |
| Rooney Mara | ... | Molly | |
| Paul Anderson | |||
| Ron Perlman | ... | Bruno | |
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | Miss Harrington | |
| Willem Dafoe | ... | Clem Hoately | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Pete Krumbein | |
| Holt McCallany | ... | Anderson | |
| Jim Beaver | ... | Sheriff Jedediah Judd | |
| Richard Jenkins | ... | Ezra Grindle | |
| David Hewlett | ... | Dr. Elrood | |
| Dian Bachar | ... | Fee Fee the Birdgirl | |
| Romina Power | |||
An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.