Jennifer Jones character Pearl Chavez
Joseph Cotten character Jesse McCanles
Gregory Peck character Lewton 'Lewt' MacCanles
Lionel Barrymore character Sen. Jackson Tilt McCanles
Herbert Marshall character Scott Chavez
Lillian Gish character Laura Belle McCanles
Walter Huston character Jubal Crabbe, the Sinkiller
Charles Bickford character Sam Pierce
Harry Carey character Lem Smoot
Joan Tetzel character Helen Langford
Tilly Losch character Mrs. Chavez
Butterfly McQueen character Vashti
Scott McKay character Sid
Otto Kruger character Mr. Langford
Sidney Blackmer character The Lover
Charles Dingle character Sheriff "Mac" Thompson
Orson Welles character Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hank Worden character Dance- Floor Cowboy (uncredited)
