Richard Widmark as Johnny Gannon

Henry Fonda as Clay Blaisedell

Anthony Quinn as Tom Morgan

Dorothy Malone as Lily Dollar

Dolores Michaels as Jessie Marlow

Wallace Ford as Judge Holloway

Tom Drake as Abe McQuown

Richard Arlen as Bacon

DeForest Kelley as Curley Burne

Regis Toomey as Skinner

Vaughn Taylor as Henry Richardson

Don Beddoe as Doctor Wagner

Whit Bissell as Petrix

Bartlett Robinson as Buck Slavin

Joe Turkel as Chet Haggin (uncredited)

Robert Adler as Foss (uncredited)

Joel Ashley as Murch (uncredited)

Don 'Red' Barry as Edward Calhoun (uncredited)

June Blair as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

Rudy Bowman as Townsman (uncredited)

Wally Campo as Barber (uncredited)

Harry Carter as Bartender (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Townsman (uncredited)

Paul Comi as Luke Friendly (uncredited)

Walter Coy as Deputy Sheriff Ray Thomson (uncredited)

Sheryl Deauville as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

L.Q. Jones as Fen Jiggs (uncredited)

Frank Gorshin as Billy Gannon

Gary Lockwood as Gang Member (uncredited)

Robert Osterloh as Professor (uncredited)

Sol Gorss as Bob Nicholson (uncredited)

Dick Cherney as Townsman (uncredited)