<Li> John Turturro as Pete Hogwallop, a fellow criminal who reveals little about his past . He believes in being true to one's kin, even when his cousin Washington B. Hogwallop betrays him . He dreams of moving out west and opening a fine restaurant, where he will be the maître d' . He agreed to go along with the breakout, though he only had two weeks left on his sentence . </Li> <Li> Tim Blake Nelson as Delmar O'Donnell, a small - time crook imprisoned for robbing a Piggly Wiggly in Yazoo City; he initially claims innocence but later admits he is guilty . Delmar says he will spend his share of Everett's nonexistent money buying back his family farm, believing, "You ain't no kind of man if you ain't got land ." </Li> <Li> Chris Thomas King as Tommy Johnson, a skilled blues musician . He is the accompanying guitarist in the Soggy Bottom Boys . He claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his skill on the guitar . He shares his name and story with Tommy Johnson, a blues musician with a mysterious past, who is said to have sold his soul to the devil at the Crossroads (a story more often attributed to Robert Johnson). </Li> <Li> Frank Collison as Washington B. "Wash" Hogwallop, Pete's paternal cousin . He removes the escapees' chains but later betrays the men to the police . </Li>

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