John Wayne as Stephen Aloysius Williams

Donna Reed as Alice Singleton

Chuck Connors as Stan Schwegler

Charles Coburn as le Père Matthew William Burke

Tom Tully as Father Malone

Sherry Jackson as Carol Williams

Marie Windsor as Anne Williams McCormick

Tom Helmore as Harold McCormick

Dabbs Greer as Father Peterson

Leif Erickson as Father Provincial aka Ed

Douglas Spencer as Father Procurator aka George

Lester Matthews as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea

Murray Alper as Bus Driver

Phil Chambers as Bishop

Keith Clarke as Scholastic

Doris Cole as Redhead

Ted Eckelberry as Joe Ostrow

Frank Ferguson as Mike Edwards

James Flavin as Coach Buck Holman

Fritz Ford as Football Player

Jack Gargan as Bailiff

Richard Garrick as Judge

Ned Glass as Pool Player

Fred Graham as Bill Sackheim

Merv Griffin as Football Broadcaster (voice)

Tom Hernández as Butler

Robert Keys as Santa Clara Team Manager Joe

Paul Kruger as Bailiff

Ray Kyle as Student

Mike Lally as Priest

Frank Marlowe as Drunk in Bar with Dog

Sydney Mason as Priest

Frank McLure as Priest

Larry Merrill as Jeffrey Marlowe

Jack Mower as Domestic Court Staffer

Barry Norton as Party Guest

William H. O'Brien as Bartender Joe

Jack Pepper as Irish Tenor / Pianist in Saloon

Howard Petrie as Marvin Adams

Angi O. Poulos as Saloon Waiter

Vici Raaf as Beanie

Bill Radovich as Moose McCall

Olan Soule as Cardinal's Secretary

Anitra Stevens as Bobo

Arthur Tovey as Football Spectator

Renata Vanni as Maria's Italian Mother

Ralph Volkie as Referee

Charles Watts as Mr. Wallace

Guy Way as Football Player

Jeri Weil as Young Carol

Gayne Whitman as Lawyer Grummet

James Dean as Football Spectator (uncredited)