 | Paul Newman als Ben Quick |
 | Joanne Woodward als Clara Varner |
 | Anthony Franciosa als Jody Varner |
 | Orson Welles als Will Varner |
 | Lee Remick als Eula Varner |
 | Angela Lansbury als Minnie Littlejohn |
 | Richard Anderson als Alan Stewart |
 | Sarah Marshall als Agnes Stewart |
 | Mabel Albertson als Elizabeth Stewart |
 | J. Pat O'Malley als Ratliff |
 | Bill Walker als Lucius |
 | Robert Adler als Ambulance Driver (uncredited) |
 | Val Avery als Wilk (uncredited) |
 | Jim Brandt als Linus Olds (uncredited) |
 | Brian Corcoran als Harry Peabody (uncredited) |
| Lee Erickson als Tom Shortly (uncredited) |
 | Byron Foulger als Harris (uncredited) |
 | I. Stanford Jolley als Houston (uncredited) |
| Nicholas King als John Fisher (uncredited) |
| Ralph Reed als J. V. Bookright (uncredited) |
| Steve Widders als Buddy Peabody (uncredited) |
| Martin Ritt | Director |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Jerry Wald | Producer |
| Eli Benneche | Set Decoration |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Maurice Ransford | Art Direction |
| Adele Palmer | Costume Design |
| Joseph LaShelle | Director of Photography |
| E. Clayton Ward | Sound |
| Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
| Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| William Faulkner | Novel |
| Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| L.B. Abbott | Special Effects |
| Eli Dunn | Assistant Director |
| William Faulkner | Short Story |
| Alex North | Original Music Composer |
| Sammy Cahn | Lyricist |
| Jimmie Rodgers | Vocals |
| Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Designer |
| Leonard Doss | Other |
| Alex North | Songs |
