EnglishJohn Wayne as JB Books
Lauren Bacall as Bond Rogers
Ron Howard as Gillom Rogers
James Stewart as Dr EW Hostetler
Richard Boone as Mike Sweeney
Hugh O'Brian as Jack Pulford (faro dealer at Metropole Saloon)
Bill McKinney as Jay Cobb (owner Cob's Creamery)
Harry Morgan as Carson City Marshal Walter Thibido
John Carradine as Hezekiah Beckum (undertaker)
Sheree North as Serepta (Books' ex-girlfriend)
Rick Lenz as Dan Dobkins (reporter 'Morning Appeal')
Scatman Crothers as Moses Brown (liveryman)
Gregg Palmer as Burly man
Alfred Dennis as Dearden (barber)
Dick Winslow as Streetcar driver
Melody Thomas Scott as Girl on streetcar
Kathleen O'Malley as Schoolteacher
Johnny Crawford as Books' victim in flashback
Christopher George as Books' victim in flashback
Leo Gordon as Books' victim in flashback
Charles G Martin as Murray (the bartender)
Ricky Nelson as Books' fellow lawman in flashback
James Nolan as Gambler
Henry Slate as Pulford confidante
Ralph Volkie as White-haired bartender