Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.
Tommy Lee Jones
as Dave Robicheaux
John Goodman
as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
Peter Sarsgaard
as Elrod Sykes
Mary Steenburgen
as Bootsie Robicheaux
Kelly Macdonald
as Kelly Drummond
Justina Machado
as Rosie Gomez
Ned Beatty
as Twinky LeMoyne
James Gammon
as Ben Hebert
Pruitt Taylor Vince
as Lou Girard
Levon Helm
as General John Bell Hood
Buddy Guy
as Sam 'Hogman' Patin
Julio Cesar Cedillo
as Cholo Manelli
