Richard Widmark as Jim Slater

Donna Reed as Karyl Orton

William Campbell as Johnny Cool

John McIntire as Jim Bonniwell / William Slater

Barton MacLane as Sergeant George Lake

Harry Morgan as Tony Welker

Robert J. Wilke as Jeff Welker

Jack Lambert as Benton

Roy Roberts as Major Carson

Edward Platt as Sheriff J.C. Marson

Robert Foulk as Sheriff John F. Olson

Phil Chambers as Deputy Sheriff Dobbs

Gregg Barton as Sleepy

Fred Graham as Ned McCloud

Frank Chase as Cassidy

Chris Alcaide as Dick Lawrence (uncredited)

Walter Beaver as Little Willie (uncredited)

Wayne Burson as Soldier (uncredited)

Johnny Carpenter as Rider (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley as Pot Luck (uncredited)

Rex Lease as Sergeant Blane (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

John Maxwell as Colonel Welnick (uncredited)

John McKee as Harry, Deputy (uncredited)

Regis Parton as Deputy Sheriff Tom Welker (uncredited)

George Patterson as Townsman (uncredited)

William Phillips as Rebel, the Bartender (uncredited)

Lee Roberts as Fresno, Bonniwell Henchman (uncredited)

Glenn Strange as Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)

Jack Williams as Castro (uncredited)