A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
| Writing | Akiva Goldsman | Screenplay |
| Camera | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Joel Schumacher | Director |
| Writing | Robert Getchell | Screenplay |
| Production | Arnon Milchan | Producer |
| Production | Steven Reuther | Producer |
| Art | Bruno Rubeo | Production Design |
| Writing | John Grisham | Novel |
| Art | P. Michael Johnston | Art Direction |
| Production | Mali Finn | Casting |
| Sound | Howard Shore | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ingrid Ferrin | Costume Design |
| Art | James F. Truesdale | Art Direction |
| Production | Guy Ferland | Associate Producer |
| Production | Mary McLaglen | Co-Producer |
| Art | Anne D. McCulley | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Robert Brown | Editor |
| Sound | Nils C. Jensen | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Adam Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Leonard T. Geschke | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Glory Fioramonti | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Chris Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Louis L. Edemann | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mark Smith | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Larry Carow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Charles L. Campbell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Donald J. Malouf | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Rick Barker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Henry Kingi | Stunts |
| Crew | Lori Lynn Ross | Stunts |
| Production | Mary McLaglen | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Daniel Silverberg | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yudi Bennett | First Assistant Director |
| Art | James C. Feng | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Marco Rubeo | Set Designer |
| Art | Kevin Cross | Set Designer |
| Art | Steven Curtis Husch | Leadman |
| Art | Stephanie Waldron | Greensman |
| Art | Julia G. Hickman | Art Department Coordinator |
| Camera | Demmie Todd | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Bob Gorelick | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Emily Schweber | Casting Associate |
| Sound | Ellen Segal | Music Editor |
| Sound | Chuck Neely | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gary Mundheim | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Angie Luckey | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jerry Edemann | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Larry Singer | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Andrea Horta | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Christina Tucker | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley |
| Sound | Hilda Hodges | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | John Richards | Scoring Mixer |
| Crew | Tim Monich | Dialect Coach |
| Crew | Leroy Reed | Transportation Captain |
| Art | Richard Blankenship | Construction Coordinator |
| Editing | Bob Kaiser | Color Timer |
| Editing | Pattye Rogers | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Chris Ubick | Assistant Property Master |
| Directing | Nancy Hopton | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Larry Kaplan | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Nicole Furia | Production Accountant |
| Sound | Petur Hliddal | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Carl Fischer | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Richard Smock | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | John Janusek | Key Grip |
| Crew | Larry Fioritto | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rhona Meyers | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Forrest | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lydia Milars | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-Ange Ripka | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Parillo | Hairstylist |
| Production | Scott Elias | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Archer | Prosthetics |
| Crew | Mark De Alessandro | Stunts |
