Yul Brynner
Jason Compson

Joanne Woodward
Quentin Compson / Narrator

Margaret Leighton
Caddy Compson

Stuart Whitman
Charlie Busch

Ethel Waters
Dilsey

Jack Warden
Ben Compson

Albert Dekker
Earl Snopes

John Beal
Howard Compson

Françoise Rosay
Caroline Compson

Steven Perry
Luster

Bill Gunn
T.P.

Roy Glenn
Job

Jean Carson
Mary Ellen (uncredited)

William Challee
Roustabout (uncredited)

Esther Dale
Mrs. Maud Mansfield

Minta Durfee
Townswoman (uncredited)

Sam Gilman
Bus Driver (uncredited)

Buddy Joe Hooker
Boy (uncredited)

Eugene Jackson
Townsman (uncredited)

Emerson Treacy
Selby (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers
Townsman (uncredited)

Adrienne Marden
Effie Mansfield (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
Townsman (uncredited)

Eddie Smith
Townsman (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams
Carnival Manager (uncredited)