Marilyn Monroe as Cherie

Don Murray as Beauregard 'Bo' Decker

Arthur O'Connell as Virgil Blessing

Betty Field as Grace

Eileen Heckart as Vera

Robert Bray as Carl

Hope Lange as Elma Duckworth

Hans Conried as Life Magazine Photographer

Max Showalter as Life Magazine Reporter

Linda Brace as Evelyn (uncredited)

Mary Carroll as Cashier (uncredited)

J.M. Dunlap as Orville (uncredited)

Ed Fury as Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)

Buddy Heaton as Clown (uncredited)

Fay L. Ivor as Rodeo Usher (uncredited)

Richard Culvert Johnson as Messenger (uncredited)

Terry Kelman as Gerald (uncredited)

Lucille Knox as Blonde on Street (uncredited)

Pete Logan as Announcer (uncredited)

Kate MacKenna as Elderly Passenger (uncredited)

Helen Mayon as Landlady (uncredited)

David McMahon as Ticket Taker at Bus (uncredited)

Cheerio Meredith as Woman in Bus Passenger Line (uncredited)

Del Moore as Man at Rodeo (uncredited)

Phil J. Munch as Preacher (uncredited)

Jim Katugi Noda as Japanese Cook (uncredited)

James O'Rear as Mr. Foster (uncredited)

Norman Papson as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Wilbur Plaugher as Clown (uncredited)

Edward G. Robinson Jr. as Cowboy (uncredited)

William Schub as Messenger (uncredited)

George Selk as Elderly Passenger (uncredited)

Henry Slate as Manager of Blue Dragon Nightclub (uncredited)

Bill Stanberry as Skinny Bull Rider (uncredited)

Greta Thyssen as Cover Girl (uncredited)

Casey Tibbs as Himself (uncredited)

Andy Womack as Clown (uncredited)