Raymond Massey as John Brown

Debra Paget as Elizabeth Clark

Jeffrey Hunter as Owen Brown

Larry Pennell as Oliver Brown

Leo Gordon as Martin White

James Best as Jason Brown

John Smith as Frederick Brown

Dennis Weaver as John Brown Jr.

Guy Williams as Salmon Brown

Tom Irish as Watson Brown

James Anderson as Henry Thompson

James Edwards as Ned Green

John Pickard as George Wilson

Smoki Whitfield as Newby

Jack Lomas as Doyle

John Larch as Sergeant