Monte Walsh
Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.
Tom Selleck
Monte Walsh
Isabella Rossellini
'Countess' Martine
Keith Carradine
Chester 'Chet' Rollins
George Eads
Frank 'Shorty' Austin
Robert Carradine
Sunfish Perkins
Barry Corbin
Bob the Storekeeper
James Gammon
Fighting Joe Hooker / Albert Miller
Rex Linn
Hat Henderson
John Michael Higgins
Robert Slocum
William Sanderson
Skimpy Eagens
Wallace Shawn
Colonel Wilson
Marshall R. Teague
Wallace 'Dally' Johnson
Rick Ravanello
Henry Louis 'Sugar' Wyman
Joanna Miles
Sairy Brennan
Lori Hallier
Mrs. Mary Wilder
Matt Cooke
Rufus Brady
Ken Pogue
Old Doctor
Zack Ward
Powder Kent
William Devane
Cal Brennan
Shane Pollitt
Joe Joslin
Tom Edwards
Plump Lawyer
Tom Glass
The Marshal
Tim Koetting
Stocky Barman
Bruce McFee
Burly Man
Marty Antonini
Farmer
Eric Keenleyside
Engineer
Terry King
Trainman
Peter Skagen
Fireman
Michael Tod
Boy
Gillian Carfra
Young Woman