

09/06/1995
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

Harvey Keitel
as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren

William Hurt
as Paul Benjamin

Stockard Channing
as Ruby McNutt

Harold Perrineau
as Thomas 'Rashid' Cole

Forest Whitaker
as Cyrus Cole

Giancarlo Esposito
as 1st OTB Man / Tommy

José Zúñiga
as 2nd OTB Man / Jerry

Stephen Gevedon
as OTB Man #3 / Dennis

Jared Harris
as Jimmy Rose

Ashley Judd
as Felicity

Victor Argo
as Vinnie

Michelle Hurst
as Aunt Em

Erica Gimpel
as Doreen Cole

Deirdre O'Connell
as Sue the Waitress

Malik Yoba
as The Creeper

Murray Moston
as Waiter

Mary B. Ward
as April Lee the Bookstore Clerk

Daniel Auster
as Book Thief

Vincenzo Amelia
as Irate Customer

Gilson Reglas
as Cyrus Jr.

Howie Rose
as Baseball Announcer

Mel Gorham
as Violet

Baxter Harris
as Lawyer #1

Paul Geier
as Lawyer #2

Walter T. Meade
as Roger Goodwin

Clarice Taylor
as Grandma Ethel

Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas
as Actor
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