Paul Newman as Ben Quick

Joanne Woodward as Clara Varner

Anthony Franciosa as Jody Varner

Orson Welles as Will Varner

Lee Remick as Eula Varner

Angela Lansbury as Minnie Littlejohn

Richard Anderson as Alan Stewart

Sarah Marshall as Agnes Stewart

Mabel Albertson as Elizabeth Stewart

J. Pat O'Malley as Ratliff

Bill Walker as Lucius

Robert Adler as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Val Avery as Wilk (uncredited)

Jim Brandt as Linus Olds (uncredited)

Brian Corcoran as Harry Peabody (uncredited)

Lee Erickson as Tom Shortly (uncredited)

Byron Foulger as Harris (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley as Houston (uncredited)

Nicholas King as John Fisher (uncredited)

Ralph Reed as J. V. Bookright (uncredited)

Steve Widders as Buddy Peabody (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey as Man at Auction (uncredited)

Helen Wallace as Minor Role (uncredited)