 | John Dall als Bart Tare |
 | Peggy Cummins als Annie Laurie Starr |
 | Berry Kroeger als Packett |
 | Morris Carnovsky als Judge Willoughby |
 | Anabel Shaw als Ruby Tare |
 | Harry Lewis als Sheriff Clyde Boston |
 | Nedrick Young als Dave Allister |
 | Russ Tamblyn als Bart Tare (age 14) |
 | Trevor Bardette als Sheriff Boston (uncredited) |
 | Anne O'Neal als Miss Augustine Sifert (uncredited) |
 | Virginia Farmer als Miss Wynn (uncredited) |
 | Stanley Prager als Bluey-Bluey (uncredited) |
 | Harry Hayden als Mr. Mallenberg (uncredited) |
 | Mickey Little als Bart Tare (age 7) (uncredited) |
| Paul Frison als Clyde Boston (age 14) (uncredited) |
| David Bair als Dave Allister (age 7) (uncredited) |
| Frances Irvin als Danceland Singer (uncredited) |
 | Robert Osterloh als Hampton Policeman (uncredited) |
 | Shimen Ruskin als Can Driver (uncredited) |
| Alex Ball als Dance Hall Patron (uncredited) |
| Tony Barr als Proprietor / Diner Cook (uncredited) |
 | Don Beddoe als Chicago Man (uncredited) |
 | Joseph Crehan als Plant Foreman (uncredited) |
 | Eddie Dunn als State Policeman on Phone (uncredited) |
 | Dick Elliott als Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited) |
 | Ross Elliott als Detective (uncredited) |
 | Franklyn Farnum als Cashier (uncredited) |
 | Pat Gleason als Carnival Barker (uncredited) |
| James Gonzalez als Dance Hall Patron (uncredited) |
| Arthur Hecht als Ira Flagler (uncredited) |
 | George Lynn als Holdup Victim (uncredited) |
| Ernesto Molinari als Dance Hall Patron (uncredited) |
| William J. O'Brien als Customer at Sharpshooting Act (uncredited) |
 | Monty O'Grady als Dance Hall Patron (uncredited) |
 | Jeffrey Sayre als Court Clerk (uncredited) |
 | Ray Teal als California Border Inspector (uncredited) |
 | Dale Van Sickel als Meat Plant Guard (uncredited) |
| Joseph H. Lewis | Director |
| Frank King | Producer |
| Millard Kaufman | Screenplay |
| Maurice King | Producer |
| Russell Harlan | Director of Photography |
| Harry Gerstad | Editor |
| Dalton Trumbo | Screenplay |
| MacKinlay Kantor | Screenplay |
| Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Stuart Frye | Music Editor |
| Raymond Boltz Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Gordon Wiles | Production Design |
| MacKinlay Kantor | Story |
| Norma Koch | Costume Design |
| Frank Heath | Assistant Director |
| Sidney Cutner | Orchestrator |
| Allen K. Wood | Production Manager |
| Jack Herzberg | Continuity |
| Arthur Gardner | Producer's Assistant |
| Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Madeleine Robinson | Dialogue Coach |
| Tom Lambert | Sound Engineer |
| Herman King | Technical Advisor |
