Burl Ives as Cottonmouth

Christopher Plummer as Walt Murdock

Chana Eden as Naomi

Gypsy Rose Lee as Mrs. Bradford

Tony Galento as Beef

Sammy Renick as Loser

Pat Henning as Sawdust

Peter Falk as Writer

Cory Osceola as Billy One-Arm

Emmett Kelly as Bigamy Bob

MacKinlay Kantor as Judge Harris

Totch Brown as One-Note

George Voskovec as Aaron Nathanson

Curt Conway as Perfesser

Sumner Williams as Windy

Howard Smith as George Leggett

Rufus Beecham as Pianist (uncredited)

Cynthia Betout as Memory (uncredited)

Brad Bradford as Thumbs (uncredited)

Toby Bruce as Joe Bottles (uncredited)

Fred Holliday as Slow Boy (uncredited)

Joe Hunter as (uncredited)

Dorothy Rogers as Mary Melon (uncredited)

Sandra Schulberg as (uncredited)

Minella Jiras as (uncredited)

Sally Marlowe as (uncredited)

Marvin Miller as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Mary Osceola as Suzy Billy (uncredited)

Ray Osmer as Roy Ozmer (uncredited)

Owen Pavitt as Sheriff (uncredited)

Mary Pennington as Mrs. Liggett (uncredited)

Frank Rothe as Ross Morgan (uncredited)

David Schulberg as (uncredited)

Stephan Schulberg as (uncredited)

Thelma Smallwood as (uncredited)