Movie: Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

Top 10 Billed Cast

Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard

Narrator (voice)

Marc Reisner
Marc Reisner

Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'

Catherine Mulholland
Catherine Mulholland

Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter

Clara Rambeau
Clara Rambeau

Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe

Kevin Starr
Kevin Starr

Self - California State Librarian

Robert Towne
Robert Towne

Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'

Ernie Kinney
Ernie Kinney

Self - Owens Valley Resident

Cynthia Irwin
Cynthia Irwin

Self - Owens Valley Resident

Flora Nash
Flora Nash

Self - Owens Valley Resident

Howard Holland
Howard Holland

Self - Owens Valley Resident

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