Cast & crew
Ironweed (1987)
Directed by Héctor Babenco Written by William Kennedy
Cast
| Jack Nicholson | Phelan |
| Diane Venora | Peg |
| Meryl Streep | Helen |
| Carroll Baker | Phelan |
| Michael O'Keefe | Billy |
| Fred Gwynne | Oscar |
| Margaret Whitton | Katrina McIntire |
| Tom Waits | Rudy |
| Jake Dengel | Pee |
| Nathan Lane | Harold Lutz |
| James Gammon | Chester |
| Laura Esterman | Rowdy Slav |
| Will Zahrn | Nora Fries |
| Joe Grifasi | Jack Bellin |
| Hy Anzell | Rosskam |
| Bethel Leslie | Librarian |
| Lena Spencer | The Woman |
| Richard Hamilton | Donovan |
| Black-Eyed Susan | Clara |
| Louise Phillips | Flower |
| Marjorie Slocum | The Woman |
| Paul A. DiCocco Jr. | Freeway Driver |
| Lola Pashalinski | Turkey |
| Priscilla Smith | Sandra |
| James Dukas | Finny |
| Jared Swartout | Security Guard |
| Ted Levine | Pete Hogwallop |
| Martin Patterson | Tooker |
| Terry O'Reilly | Aldo |
| Michael O'Gorman | Strike |
| Frank Whaley | young Bell |
| Jordan Valdina | Youth |
| Louis St. Louis | Sausalito Piano |
| John Wright | Hero Orc / Goblin / Uruk-hai / Ringwraith |
| Robin Wood-Chappelle | Hero Orc / Goblin / Uruk-hai / Ringwraith |
| Nicole Weden | Hero Orc / Goblin / Uruk-hai / Ringwraith |
| Peter Pryor | Hero Orc / Goblin / Uruk-hai / Ringwraith |
| Duane Scholz | Hero Orc / Goblin / Uruk-hai / Ringwraith |
| Matt McGrath | Hero Orc / Goblin / Uruk-hai / Ringwraith |
| Lois Barden Stilley | Dillon |
| Cori Irwin | young Bell |
| Pamela Payton-Wright | Bubba's Mother |
| Phyllis Gottung | Old Scholar |
| Boris McGiver | Store Clerk |
| James Yoham | Bald Subhumanoid |
| Ean Egas | Danny |
| Nebraska Brace | Andy |
| Jeff Morris | Michigan |
| William Duell | Moose |
| George Rafferty | Motorcycle Raider |
| Robert Manion | Motorcycle Raider |
| Pat Devane | Nurse |
Crew
| Héctor Babenco | Director |
| Paul Boyington | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Lauro Escorel | Director of Photography |
| Enno Poersch | Assistant Art Director |
| Jeannine Oppewall | Production Design |
| Keith Barish | Producer |
| Joseph Petruccio Sr. | Construction Coordinator |
| Joseph G. Aulisi | Costume Design |
| Milton Buras | Hairstylist |
| Anne Goursaud | Editor |
| Steve Kirshoff | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Cornelia 'Nini' Rogan | Script Supervisor |
| Robert Guerra | Art Direction |
| Bonnie Timmermann | Casting |
| Clare Scarpulla | Assistant Art Director |
| Leslie A. Pope | Set Decoration |
| Marie-Ange Ripka | Key Hair Stylist |
| Beth Kuhn | Assistant Art Director |
| David Forrest | Makeup Department Head |
| J. Roy Helland | Hairstylist |
| Marcia Nasatir | Producer |
| John Morris | Original Music Composer |
| Dorothy J. Pearl | Makeup Artist |
| William Kennedy | Screenplay |
| William Kennedy | Novel |
| Rick Avery | Stunts |
| Andy Gill | Stunts |