John Wayne as Wil Andersen

Roscoe Lee Browne as Jebediah Nightlinger

Bruce Dern as Long Hair

Colleen Dewhurst as Kate

Alfred Barker Jr. as Cowboy Fats

Nicolas Beauvy as Cowboy Dan

Steve Benedict as Cowboy Steve

Robert Carradine as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

Norman Howell as Cowboy Weedy

Stephen R. Hudis as Cowboy Charlie Schwartz

Sean Kelly as Cowboy Stuttering Bob

A Martinez as Cowboy Cimarron

Clay O'Brien as Cowboy Hardy Fimps

Sam O'Brien as Cowboy Jimmy Phillips

Mike Pyeatt as Cowboy Homer Weems

Slim Pickens as Anse

Lonny Chapman as Homer's Father

Charles Tyner as Stonemason

Sarah Cunningham as Annie Andersen

Allyn Ann McLerie as Ellen Price

Maggie Costain as Phoebe

Matt Clark as Smiley

Jerry Gatlin as Howdy

Walter Scott as Okay

Richard Farnsworth as Henry Williams

Wallace Brooks as Red Tucker

Charise Cullin as Elizabeth

Collette Poeppel as Rosemary

Rita Hudis as Charlie's Mother

Margaret Kelly as Bob's Mother

Larry Randles as Ben

Larry Finley as Jake

Jim Burk as Pete

Norman Howell Sr. as Jim's Father

Fred Brookfield as Rustler

Tap Canutt as Rustler

Chuck Courtney as Rustler

Gary Epper as Rustler

Tony Epper as Rustler

Kent Hays as Rustler

J.R. Randall as Rustler

Henry Wills as Rustler

Joe Yrigoyen as Rustler

Ralph Volkie as Ralphie (uncredited)

Ivan Brutsche as Towns Person (uncredited)