Yul Brynner as Jason Compson

Joanne Woodward as Quentin Compson / Narrator

Margaret Leighton as Caddy Compson

Stuart Whitman as Charlie Busch

Ethel Waters as Dilsey

Jack Warden as Ben Compson

Albert Dekker as Earl Snopes

John Beal as Howard Compson

Françoise Rosay as Caroline Compson

Steven Perry as Luster

Bill Gunn as T.P.

Roy Glenn as Job

Esther Dale as Mrs. Maud Mansfield

Emerson Treacy as Selby

Jean Carson as Mary Ellen