John Wayne

Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Kim Darby

Mattie Ross

Glen Campbell

"La Boeuf"

Jeremy Slate

Emmett Quincy

Robert Duvall

Ned Pepper

Dennis Hopper

"Moon"

Alfred Ryder

Goudy

Strother Martin

Colonel G. Stonehill

Jeff Corey

Tom Chaney

Ron Soble

Captain Boots Finch

James Westerfield

Judge Parker

John Fiedler

Lawyer Daggett

John Doucette

"Sheriff"

Donald Woods

"Barlow"

Edith Atwater

Mrs. Floyd