Jennifer Jones

as Ruby Gentry

Charlton Heston

as Boake Tackman

Karl Malden

as Jim Gentry

Tom Tully

as Jud Corey

James Anderson

as Lucien/Jewel Corey

Josephine Hutchinson

as Letitia Gentry

Phyllis Avery

as Therese/Tracy McAuliffe

Herbert Heyes

as le juge Tackman

Myra Marsh

as Ma Corey

Charles Cane

as Charlie/Cullen McAuliffe

Sam Flint

as Neil Fallgren

Frank Wilcox

as Clyde Pratt

Barney Phillips

as dr. Saul Manfred/Louis

Edgar Dearing