Sterling Hayden

Tall Convict

Geraldine Page

Young Woman

Milton Selzer

Second Convict

James Westerfield

Warden

Malcolm Atterbury

The Doctor

Sandy Kenyon

The Deputy

Marc Lawrence

The Cajun

Len Lesser

Man with Gun

Richard LePore

Man on Cotton House

Naomi Stevens

Woman on Shanty Boat

Stafford Repp

Steamboat Captain

Alvin Childress

Farmer on Levee

Clegg Hoyt

Army Officer

Bob Duggan

Steam Launch Pilot

Melvyn Douglas

Self - Host