Wilder and Wallace are brothers and pyrokinetics. Ever since childhood they've been able to start fires with their minds but following a tragedy in which they accidentally killed a man, the brothers have grown up very differently. Wilder has become a regular 9-5 workaday joe but Wallace performs his feats with a traveling circus. When the circus comes to Wilder's home town Wallace starts coming on strong to Wilder's wife, Vida who, ironically, is a slight pyromaniac.
Debra Winger
as Vida
Dennis Quaid
as Wallace
Arliss Howard
as Wilder
M. Emmet Walsh
as Fire Chief
Jim Varney
as Rex
Mimi Lieber
as Snake Lady
Marvin J. McIntyre
as Deputy Sheriff Spivey
Justin LaBlanc
as Young Wilder
Lance Lee Baxley
as Young Wallace
Peter Willie
as Horace Braintree
Daniel Hagen
as Harrison
Eric Whitmore
as Maurice
