Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Detective John Kimble: A tough Austrian street cop who's forced to take an undercover assignment as a Kindergarten teacher. The main protagonist.
- Penelope Ann Miller as Joyce Palmieri / Rachel Myatt Crisp: A teacher whom Kimble falls for but who is also Crisp's ex-wife.
- Pamela Reed as Detective Phoebe O'Hara: Kimble's partner who gets food poisoning, forcing him to cover for her on the assignment. She briefly poses as Kimble's sister, "Ursula Kimble".
- Linda Hunt as Miss Schlowski: The school's strict principal. Though initially suspicious of Kimble, she eventually grows to respect him when he assaults Zach's universally-disliked abusive father.
- Richard Tyson as Cullen Crisp, Sr.: A vicious drug dealer who is searching for Joyce and especially Dominic, respectively his ex-wife and son. The main antagonist.
- Carroll Baker as Eleanor Crisp: Crisp's overbearing mother. The secondary antagonist.
- Christian and Joseph Cousins as Dominic Palmieri / Cullen Crisp, Jr.: Joyce and Crisp's son who becomes close to Kimble.
- Andrew Dimarco as Zach Sullivan: A shy student in the class and the first one who Kimble suspects is Crisp's son, though he later learns that his mother is still married to his father and they are dealing with domestic violence. As a policeman with a hatred for injustice, Kimble later assaults Zach's father, whom he knows the law cannot touch easily, and berates his mother for her cowardice to protect Zach.
- Cathy Moriarty as Jillian
- Ben Diskin as Sylvester, Jillian's son
- Miko Hughes as Joseph, the child of an OB/GYN father
- Sarah Rose Karr as Emma, one of Kimble's students.
- Richard Portnow as Captain Salazar, Kimble and O'Hara's boss.
- Tom Kurlander as Danny: A criminal who gives Crisp information on his family but is later shot to be kept silent.
- Alix Koromzay as Cindy: She witnesses Danny's killing and becomes a state witness, but she is killed by Eleanor.
- Bob Nelson as Henry Shoop: O'Hara's fiancee.
- Tom Dugan as Crisp's lawyer
- Emily Eby as Julie
- Odette Yustman as Rosa
- Angela Bassett as Flight Attendant
- Jason Reitman as Boy kissing Girl
Brian Bruney was an extra in the film. He was 8 years old at the time.
Bill Murray, Patrick Swayze & Danny DeVito were all approached to play the role of John Kimble.
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