 | Sterling Hayden als Johnny Clay |
 | Coleen Gray als Fay |
 | Vince Edwards als Val Cannon |
 | Jay C. Flippen als Marvin Unger |
 | Ted de Corsia als Randy Kennan |
 | Marie Windsor als Sherry Peatty |
 | Elisha Cook Jr. als George Peatty |
 | Joe Sawyer als Mike O'Reilly |
 | James Edwards als Track Parking Attendant |
 | Timothy Carey als Nikki Arcane |
 | Kola Kwariani als Maurice Oboukhoff |
 | Jay Adler als Leo the Loanshark |
 | Tito Vuolo als Joe Piano - motel manager |
 | Dorothy Adams als Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly |
 | Herbert Ellis als 2nd American Airlines Clerk |
 | James Griffith als Mr. Grimes |
| Cecil Elliott als Lady with Small Dog |
 | Joe Turkel als Tiny |
 | Steve Mitchell als Brown - American Airlines Clerk |
| Mary Carroll als Woman Asking Kennan for Help |
 | William Benedict als American Airlines Clerk |
 | Charles Cane als Plainclothesman at Airport |
 | Robert B. Williams als Plainclothesman at Airport |
| Tom Coleman als Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
 | Rodney Dangerfield als Onlooker (uncredited) |
 | Franklyn Farnum als Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
 | John George als Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Art Gilmore als Narrator (uncredited) |
 | Kenner G. Kemp als Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
 | Carl M. Leviness als Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Sol Gorss als Track Guard Slugged by Johnny (uncredited) |
 | Harry Hines als Chess Player (uncredited) |
| Hal J. Moore als Race Track P.A. Announcer (uncredited) |
 | Harvey Parry als Bartender (uncredited) |
 | Richard Reeves als Bill - Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited) |
 | Frank Richards als Track Employee in Locker Room (uncredited) |
 | Arthur Tovey als Racetrack Cashier (uncredited) |
| Finn Zirzow als Man at Airport (uncredited) |
| Lionel White | Novel |
| James B. Harris | Producer |
| Stanley Kubrick | Screenplay |
| Gerald Fried | Original Music Composer |
| Lucien Ballard | Director of Photography |
| Betty Steinberg | Editor |
| Stanley Kubrick | Director |
| Jack Rabin | Visual Effects |
| Harry Reif | Set Decoration |
| Alexander Singer | Associate Producer |
| Rex Lipton | Sound Effects Editor |
| Louis DeWitt | Visual Effects |
| Gilbert D. Marchant | Music Editor |
| Earl Snyder | Sound |
| Richard Towers | Camera Operator |
| Clarence Eurist | Production Supervisor |
| Fred Gabourie | Stunts |
| Dave Koehler | Special Effects |
| Milton Carter | Assistant Director |
| Don Turner | Stunts |
| Robert Littlefield | Makeup Artist |
| Mary Gibsone | Script Supervisor |
| Bobby Jones | Gaffer |
| Carl Gibson | Key Grip |
| Joyce Hartman | Production Assistant |
| Bud Pine | Construction Manager |
| Lillian Shore | Hairdresser |
| Marguerite Olson | Production Assistant |
| Gerald Fried | Conductor |
| Paul Feiner | Second Assistant Director |
| Ray Zambel | Property Master |
| Robert Hosler | Second Assistant Camera |
| Paul Eagler | Visual Effects Camera |
| Lou Cortese | Best Boy Grip |
| Jack Masters | Wardrobe Master |
| Karl Brainard | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Christopher Ebsen | Head Carpenter |
| Howard Joslin | Second Assistant Director |
| Dave Lesser | Transportation Coordinator |
| Rudy Harrington | Wardrobe Master |
| Ruth Sobotka | Art Direction |
| Robert L. Stephen | Paint Coordinator |
| Jim Thompson | Writer |
