Old Man

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

Jamie Forster

Motor Boat Pilot

Alvin Childress

Farmer on Levee

Clegg Hoyt

Army Officer

Bob Duggan

Steam Launch Pilot

Ned Roberts

Machine Gun Sergeant

Melvyn Douglas

Self - Host

Bo Goldman

Associate Producer

Horton Foote

Teleplay

John Frankenheimer

Director

William Faulkner

Novel

Arthur Jeph Parker

Set Decoration

Fred Coe

Producer

Walter Scott Herndon

Art Direction

Ethel Winant

Casting

Russell Stoneham

Associate Producer