Drama / Romance /

Score: 67.5%( 765 votes )

Overview: Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Cast:

Jim Carrey
Peter Appleton

Martin Landau
Harry Trimble

Laurie Holden
Adele Stanton

Gerry Black
Emmett Smith

David Ogden Stiers
Doc Stanton

Bob Balaban
Elvin Glyde

Jeffrey DeMunn
Mayor Ernie Cole

Hal Holbrook
Congressman Doyle

Brent Briscoe
Sheriff Cecil Coleman

Ron Rifkin
Kevin Bannerman

James Whitmore
Stan Keller

Susan Willis
Irene Terwilliger

Catherine Dent
Mabel

Brian Howe
Carl Leffert

Karl Bury
Bob Leffert

Chelcie Ross
Avery Wyatt

Amanda Detmer
Sandra Sinclair

Allen Garfield
Leo Kubelsky

Daniel von Bargen
Federal Agent Ellerby

Mario Roccuzzo
Jerry the Bartender

Earl Boen
Newsreel Announcer (voice)

Bruce Campbell
Roland the Intrepid Explorer

Cliff Curtis
The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid

Michael Sloane
Kindly Old Professor Meredith

Garry Marshall
Studio Executive (voice)

Paul Mazursky
Studio Executive (voice)

Sydney Pollack
Studio Executive (voice)

Carl Reiner
Studio Executive (voice)

Rob Reiner
Studio Executive (voice)

Matt Damon
Luke Trimble (voice)

Shawn Doyle
Federal Agent Saunders

Frank Collison
Subpoena Server

Bill Gratton
Daley

Ginger Williams
Louise

Ken Magee
Coastal Engineer

Csilla Horvath
Nurse Muriel

April Ortiz
Vera

Larry Cox
Grauman's Usher

Julie Richardson
Grauman's Bon-Bon Girl

Scotty Leavenworth
Joey

Grant Vaught
Boy on Beach

Bob Wells
Reverend

Kevin DeMunn
Western Union Man

Matt G. Wiens
Spencer Wyatt

Jeffrey Adams
Principal Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Steven Lee Allen
Studio Guard (uncredited)

Kris Andersson
Dancer (uncredited)

Alvah Bessie
Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Cole) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Herbert J. Biberman
Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jennifer Blaire
Carl's Date (uncredited)

Chris Carver
Dancer (uncredited)

Lester Cole
Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lathan Crowe
Casanova (uncredited)

Corey Foxx
Photographer (uncredited)

Kate Greeke
Popcorn Girl (uncredited)

Gordon Hart
Swing Dancer (uncredited)

J. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jesse Jensen
Soldier (uncredited)

Mary Kircher
Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Tony Laanan
Grauman's Usher (uncredited)

Ring Lardner, Jr.
Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Biberman) (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Howard Lawson
Self (Hollywood Ten, testifies) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brian Libby
Studio Guard Hal (uncredited)

Melissa S. Markess
Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Amanda Melby
Young Mrs. Trimble (uncredited)

Christopher Metas
Cassanova (uncredited)

Samuel Ornitz
Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kimberly Prendez
Girl at Welcome Home Party (uncredited)

Maudie Purcell
Old Lady (uncredited)

Bubba Dean Rambo
Swing Dancer (uncredited)

George Ratliff
Dancer (uncredited)

Craig Richards
Studio Guard (uncredited)

Philip Romano
Sword fight (uncredited)

Dave Rosenbaum
Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Adrian Scott
Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Cole) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gary Sommers
FBI Agent (uncredited)

Cole Spivey
Theater Patron (uncredited)

Tai the Elephant
Elephant (uncredited)

Robert Thorne
FBI Agent (uncredited)

Jack Truman
Party Member (uncredited)

Steven Paul Zsenyuk
Driver/Theater Patron (uncredited)