Robert Mitchum

Preacher Harry Powell

Shelley Winters

Willa Harper

Lillian Gish

Rachel Cooper

Billy Chapin

John Harper

Sally Jane Bruce

Pearl Harper

James Gleason

Uncle Birdie Steptoe

Evelyn Varden

Icey Spoon

Don Beddoe

Walt Spoon

Peter Graves

Ben Harper

James Griffith

District Attorney

Gloria Castillo

Ruby

Gloria Pall

Burlesque Dancer

Paul Bryar

Bart (uncredited)

Cheryl Callaway

Mary

Alexander Campbell

Judge