Robert Mitchum

Preacher Harry Powell

Billy Chapin

John Harper

Sally Jane Bruce

Pearl Harper

Shelley Winters

Willa Harper

Lillian Gish

Rachel Cooper

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

Cheryl Callaway

Mary

Alexander Campbell

Judge

Michael Chapin

Ruby's Boyfriend

Roy Engel

Sheriff

Kay Lavelle

Miz Cunningham

Frances Morris

Bart's Wife

Rudy Germane

Townsman (uncredited)

Robert Golden

Editor

Paul Gregory

Producer

Davis Grubb

Novel

Charles Laughton

Screenplay

Charles Laughton

Director

Walter Schumann

Original Music Composer

Stanley Cortez

Director of Photography

James Agee

Screenplay

Hilyard M. Brown

Art Direction

Kay Shea

Hairstylist

Don L. Cash

Makeup Artist

Alfred E. Spencer

Set Decoration

Stanford Houghton

Sound

Jack Rabin

Special Effects

Joe LaBella

Property Master

Jerry Bos

Wardrobe Designer

Louis DeWitt

Special Effects

Ruby Rosenberg

Production Manager

Evelyn Carruth

Wardrobe Assistant

Milton Carter

Assistant Director