Glenn Ford as David Blake

Dorothy McGuire as Abbe Nyle

Arthur Kennedy as Barney Castle

John Hodiak as District Attorney John J. Armstrong

Katy Jurado as Consuela Chavez

Rafael Campos as Angel Chavez

Juano Hernández as Judge Theodore Motley

Robert Middleton as A.A. "Fats" Sanders

John Hoyt as Ralph Castillo

Paul Guilfoyle as Cap Grant

Elisha Cook Jr. as Finn

Ann Lee as Gail Wiltse

Whit Bissell as Sam Wiltse

Richard Gaines as Dr. Johannes Schacter

Barry Kelley as Jim Brackett

Dorothy Green as Mrs. Mary Ackerman (uncredited)

Frank Cady as Canford (uncredited)

Percy Helton as Youval (uncredited)