Burl Ives
Cottonmouth
Burl Ives
Cottonmouth
Christopher Plummer
Walt Murdock
Chana Eden
Naomi
Gypsy Rose Lee
Mrs. Bradford
Tony Galento
Beef
Sammy Renick
Loser
Pat Henning
Sawdust
Peter Falk
Writer
Cory Osceola
Billy One-Arm
Emmett Kelly
Bigamy Bob
MacKinlay Kantor
Judge Harris
Totch Brown
One-Note
George Voskovec
Aaron Nathanson
Curt Conway
Perfesser
Sumner Williams
Windy
Howard Smith
George Leggett
Rufus Beecham
Pianist (uncredited)
Cynthia Betout
Memory (uncredited)
Brad Bradford
Thumbs (uncredited)
Toby Bruce
Joe Bottles (uncredited)
Fred Holliday
Slow Boy (uncredited)
Joe Hunter
(uncredited)
Dorothy Rogers
Mary Melon (uncredited)
Sandra Schulberg
(uncredited)
Minella Jiras
(uncredited)
Sally Marlowe
(uncredited)
Marvin Miller
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mary Osceola
Suzy Billy (uncredited)
Ray Osmer
Roy Ozmer (uncredited)
Owen Pavitt
Sheriff (uncredited)
Mary Pennington
Mrs. Liggett (uncredited)
Frank Rothe
Ross Morgan (uncredited)
David Schulberg
(uncredited)
Stephan Schulberg
(uncredited)
Thelma Smallwood
(uncredited)
Nicholas Ray
Director
Budd Schulberg
Writer
Paul Sawtell
Music
Finn Ulback
Sound Editor
Bert Shefter
Music
Al Cavigga
Sound Editor
Charles H. Maguire
Assistant Director
Budd Schulberg
Director
Saul Midwall
Camera Operator
Joseph C. Brun
Director of Photography
Willis Hanchett
Hairstylist
Joseph Zigman
Editor
Richard Sylbert
Art Direction
Stuart Schulberg
Producer
Georges Klotz
Editor
Frank L. Thompson
Costume Design
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Roberta Hodes
Continuity
Ernest Zatorsky
Sound