Tony Curtis as John 'Joker' Jackson

Sidney Poitier as Noah Cullen

Theodore Bikel as Sheriff Max Muller

Charles McGraw as Capt. Frank Gibbons

Lon Chaney Jr. as Big Sam

King Donovan as Solly

Claude Akins as Mack

Lawrence Dobkin as Editor

Whit Bissell as Lou Gans

Carl Switzer as Angus

Kevin Coughlin as Billy

Cara Williams as Billy's mother

Ned Glass as Doctor

Nedrick Young as Prison Guard