Curd Jürgens

as Johann 'Schinderhannes' Bückler

Maria Schell

as Julchen

Christian Wolff

as Carl von Cleve-Boost

Fritz Tillmann

as Hans Bast

Siegfried Lowitz

as Benzel

Joseph Offenbach

as Leyendecker

Paul Esser

as Schmied Schauwecker

Bum Krüger

as Polizeidirektor von Mainz

Eva Pflug

as Schäfer-Ammi

Günther Jerschke

as Welscher Jockel

Heini Göbel

as Bauer Schwarz

Carl Lange

as Priester

Hans Elwenspoek

as Geschundener Bauer

Sigfrit Steiner

as Baron Achbach

Werner Schumacher

as Leutnant der Gefängniswache

Walter Buschhoff

as Iltis Jakob

Til Kiwe

as Gendarm Adam

Bobby Todd

as Seibert

Michael Burk

Leon Askin

Willy Trenk-Trebitsch

Joachim Hess

Arnim Dahl

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Regine Burghardt

Thea Thiele

Karl Luley

Hans Wehrl

Edgar O. Faiss

Werner Völger

Ludwig Linkmann

Jupp Flohr

Benno Gellenbeck

Erwin Linder

Alexander Hunzinger

Harro Rivière

Dieter Henkel

Helmut Käutner

Peter Nestler

Sybille Kien

as Margaret (Julchens Schwester)