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Cast

John Cusack
as Myrl Redding

John Goodman
as Judge Tolliver

L.Q. Jones
as Henry Ballard

Miranda Otto
as Cora Redding

John C. McGinley
as Woody

John Savage
as Slater

Rodney A. Grant
as Billy

Jay O. Sanders
as Attorney General Gunby

Scott Wilson
as Governor

Drake Bell
as Cage

Nick Billie
as Ollie

Ken Pogue
as Judge Wilkins

Kurt Fuller
as Conrad

Rex Linn
as Shelby Dykes

Nicholas E. Gillie
as Ollie

Duncan Fraser II
as Edsel Fraser

Glenn Morshower
as Colonel Jeffries

Ned Bellamy
as Kermit Dover

Brent Briscoe
as Sheriff Felton

Valerie Planche
as Housekeeper

Nathaniel DeVeaux
as Dewey Austin

Bruce Flewelling
as Carey Sartin

J.C. Roberts
as Minister

Esther Purves-Smith
as Gussie Dykes

Patrick Richards
as Farmer No. 1

Byrne Piven
as Tub Weller

John Payne II
as Grady Mathes

Corry Glass-Lowry
as Daisy Mathes

Raoul Ganeev
as Printer

Dick Cusack
as Jury Foreman

Jimmy Herman
as Crow Indian

Robert Q. Lewis (II)
as Captain

Chad Nobert
as Cheyenne Soldier

Gina Williams
as Cheyenne Woman

Madeline Lefebvre
as Court Clerk

Rick Poltaruk
as Browder

Ken Hurlburt
as Auctioneer

Tom Heaton
as Whitaker

Campbell Lane
as Clay Williams

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Critic Reviews for The Jack Bull

Audience Reviews for The Jack Bull

• Jul 22, 2011

  The Jack Bull is a fantastic western made almost perfect by John Cusack and John Goodman. That HBO took on the project is no surprise, Hollywood rarely touches this sort of libertarian-themed material anymore. The story itself is really a simple morality tale, but one in which realism carries the day. Great acting, script, and moving story make this a must see.
  Jeffrey M Super Reviewer
• Jan 11, 2008

  The court room drama was good but I hated the ending.
  Ida K Super Reviewer
• Dec 12, 2007

  Definitely remember this movie!
  Leo L Super Reviewer
• Apr 26, 2007

  I hate John Cusack. He turns in the exact same performance in every single role with his blank stare, fast delivery and shoulder-shrugging indifference and somehow manages to receive extreme critical acclaim. He is miscast in the central role here, but surprisingly tries to do something ever so slightly different. I didn't buy it for one second, but hey, it's John Cusack. I never would have. This film is a typical western with some very beautiful photography. It actually feels like Wyoming, the dry land, the snow, the dust, the vegetation. The problem is it is never very engaging. The first 45 minutes are flat while the last hour or so is a morally confused mess preaching vigilantism and overkill. Part of the problem is the direction. It is pedestrian, bland, never involving nor, of course, even remotely exciting, and the rest of it is probably the script. It makes very little sense for Myrl to do what he does when there are many other ways he could have achieved the exact same result, his speech on how the law failed him (echoed by John Goodman's character) is ridiculous, and by the end of the film he has done far worse than Henry Ballard ever did to him, despite what the direction and the score would like to have you believe. I can't say it was exactly a disappointment (it's a John Cusack vehicle, after all) but it was certainly not very good.
  Eduardo C Super Reviewer

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