John Bernard Books

John Wayne

Bond Rogers

Lauren Bacall

Dr. E.W. Hostetler

James Stewart

Gillom Rogers

Ron Howard

Mike Sweeney

Richard Boone

Jack Pulford (faro dealer at Metropole Saloon)

Hugh O'Brian

Carson City Marshal Walter Thibido

Harry Morgan

Cobb

Bill McKinney

Dan Dobkins (reporter, 'Morning Appeal') (as Richard Lenz)

Rick Lenz

Hezekiah Beckum (undertaker)

John Carradine

Serepta (Books' ex-girlfriend)

Sheree North

Moses Brown (liveryman)

Scatman Crothers

Burly Man

Gregg Palmer

Barber

Alfred Dennis

Streetcar Driver

Dick Winslow

School Teacher

Kathleen O'Malley

Girl on Streetcar

Melody Thomas Scott

Books' victim in flashback

Christopher George

Bruce Surtees

Donald Siegel

Elmer Bernstein

M.J. Frankovich

Glendon Swarthout

William Self

Miles Hood Swarthout

Scott Hale

Books' Victim in Flashback

Johnny Crawford

Books' Victim in Flashback

Leo Gordon

Murray the Bartender

Charles G. Martin

Books' Fellow Lawman in Flashback

Ricky Nelson

Barfly

Duke Fishman

Pulford Confidant

Henry Slate

White-Haired Bartender

Ralph Volkie

George Dunn

Director

Donald Siegel

Director

Don Siegel