Robert Mitchum as Captain Wade Hunnicutt

Eleanor Parker as Hannah Hunnicutt

George Peppard as Rafe Copley

George Hamilton as Theron Hunnicutt

Everett Sloane as Albert Halstead

Luana Patten as Libby Halstead

Anne Seymour as Sarah Halstead

Constance Ford as Opal Bixby

Ken Renard as Chauncey

Ray Teal as Dr. Carson

Charlie Briggs as Dick Gibbons (uncredited)

Nora Bush as Party Guest (uncredited)

Gene Coogan as Party Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Cross as Party Guest (uncredited)

Duke Fishman as Party Guest (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Party Guest (uncredited)

Tom Gilson as John Ellis (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton as Party Guest (uncredited)

Hilda Haynes as Melba (uncredited)

Jack Henderson as Party Guest (uncredited)

Bill Hickman as Bartender (uncredited)

Ann Kunde as Party Guest (uncredited)

Caryl Lincoln as Party Guest (uncredited)

Burt Mustin as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Denver Pyle as Mr. Bradley

Stuart Randall as Ben Ramsey (uncredited)

Ed Russell as Foreman (uncredited)

Dan Sheridan as Peyton Stiles (uncredited)

Orville Sherman as Ed Dinwoodie (uncredited)

Stephen Soldi as Party Guest (uncredited)

Dub Taylor as Bob Skaggs (uncredited)

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)