Charlton Heston as Ramon Miguel Vargas

Janet Leigh as Susan 'Susie' Vargas

Orson Welles as Police Captain Hank Quinlan

Joseph Calleia as Police Sergeant Pete Menzies

Akim Tamiroff as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi

Joanna Moore as Marcia Linnekar

Ray Collins as District Attorney Adair

Dennis Weaver as Mirador Motel Night Manager

Valentin de Vargas as Pancho

Mort Mills as Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant

Victor Millan as Manelo Sanchez

Lalo Rios as Risto - Grandi's Nephew

Michael Sargent as Pretty Boy

Phil Harvey as Blaine

Joi Lansing as Zita

Harry Shannon as Chief Gould

Marlene Dietrich as Tana

Joseph Cotten as Coroner (uncredited)

Zsa Zsa Gabor as Strip-Club Owner

Joe Basulto as Young Delinquent (uncredited)

Yolanda Bojorquez as Bobbie (uncredited)

Domenick Delgarde as Lackey (uncredited)

Jennie Dias as Jackie (uncredited)

John Dierkes as Policeman (uncredited)

Eleanor Dorado as Lia (uncredited)

Eva Gabor as Stripper Sitting at Bar (uncredited)

Jeffrey Green as Rudy Linnekar (uncredited)

Billy House as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)

Mercedes McCambridge as Gang Leader (uncredited)

Arlene McQuade as Ginnie (uncredited)

Ken Miller as Gang Member (uncredited)

Ralph Moratz as Man in Uniform Running Down Street (uncredited)

Ramón Rodríguez as Gang Member (uncredited)

Gus Schilling as Eddie Farnham (uncredited)

William Tannen as Marcia Linnekar's Attorney (uncredited)

Wayne Taylor as Gang Member (uncredited)

Rusty Wescoatt as Detective Casey (uncredited)

Dan White as Customs Officer (uncredited)

Keenan Wynn as Bartender (uncredited)