 | Joel McCrea als Josiah Doziah Gray |
 | Ellen Drew als Harriet Gray |
 | Dean Stockwell als John Kenyon |
 | Alan Hale als Jed Isbell |
 | Lewis Stone als Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr. |
 | James Mitchell als Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr. |
 | Amanda Blake als Faith Radmore Samuels |
 | Juano Hernández als Uncle Famous Prill |
 | Charles Kemper als Prof. Sam Houston Jones |
 | Connie Gilchrist als Sarah Isbell |
 | Ed Begley als Lon Backett |
 | Jack Lambert als Perry Lokey |
 | Arthur Hunnicutt als Chloroform Wiggins |
 | Marshall Thompson als Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice) |
 | James Arness als Rolfe Isbell (uncredited) |
 | Polly Bailey |
| Bill Clauson |
 | Chuck Courtney als Jed Isbell (uncredited) |
 | Adeline De Walt Reynolds |
 | Edmund Glover |
| Jessica Grayson |
| Ralph Hodges |
 | Victor Kilian |
| Patricia Miller |
 | Rhea Mitchell |
| Norman Ollestad |
| Carl Pitti als Townsman |
 | Harry 'Snub' Pollard |
| Ben Watson |
| Wilson Wood |
 | Eula Guy als Townswoman (uncredited) |
 | Frank Mills als Drunk in Saloon (uncredited) |
| Jacques Tourneur | Director |
| Joe David Brown | Novel |
| Joe David Brown | Adaptation |
| Margaret Fitts | Screenplay |
| William H. Wright | Producer |
| Adolph Deutsch | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Schoenbaum | Director of Photography |
| Gene Ruggiero | Editor |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Eddie Imazu | Art Direction |
| Alfred E. Spencer | Set Decoration |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Sergei Petschnikoff | Production Manager |
| Dolph Zimmer | Assistant Director |
| Standish J. Lambert | Sound |
| Bobby Tucker | Other |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
