Burt Lancaster as Elias Wakefield

Dianne Foster as Hannah Bolen

Walter Matthau as Stan Bodine

Diana Lynn as Susie Spann

Donald MacDonald as Little Eli Wakefield

John McIntire as Zack Wakefield

Una Merkel as Sophie Wakefield

John Carradine as Ziby Fletcher

John Litel as Pleasant Tuesday Babson

Rhys Williams as Constable

Edward Norris as Roulette Dealer

Will Wright as John Decker (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer as Frome Brother (uncredited)

Paul Wexler as Frome Brother (uncredited)

Clem Bevans as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt as Frontiersman (uncredited)