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)