Al snel wist James Keach ook de broers Randy en Dennis Quaid te interesseren voor de rollen van Clell en Ed Miller, terwijl Beau Bridges en Jeff Bridges toezegden de rol van de gebroeder Ford te spelen. ###>The idea that all the brothers in the story be played by real-life brothers expanded, and Jeff and Beau Bridges also became attached to the project to play the Miller brothers.