Robert Mitchum
Captain Wade Hunnicutt

Eleanor Parker
Hannah Hunnicutt

George Peppard
Rafe Copley

George Hamilton
Theron Hunnicutt

Everett Sloane
Albert Halstead

Luana Patten
Libby Halstead

Anne Seymour
Sarah Halstead

Constance Ford
Opal Bixby

Ken Renard
Chauncey

Ray Teal
Dr. Carson

Charlie Briggs
Dick Gibbons (uncredited)

Gene Coogan
Party Guest (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)

Tom Gilson
John Ellis (uncredited)

Bill Hickman
Bartender (uncredited)

Caryl Lincoln
Party Guest (uncredited)

Burt Mustin
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Denver Pyle
Mr. Bradley

Stuart Randall
Ben Ramsey (uncredited)

Orville Sherman
Ed Dinwoodie (uncredited)

Dub Taylor
Bob Skaggs (uncredited)

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Hugh Macauley (uncredited)