John Wayne
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Jeremy Slate
Emmett Quincy
Strother Martin
Colonel G. Stonehill
Ron Soble
Captain Boots Finch
James Westerfield
Judge Parker
John Fiedler
Lawyer Daggett
Isabel Boniface
Mrs. Bagby
Elizabeth Harrower
Mrs. Ross
Jay Ripley
Harold Parmalee
Kenneth Becker
Farrell Parmalee
Wilford Brimley
Minor Role (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
Forrest Burns
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
Myron Healey
Deputy at Prisoner Unloading (uncredited)
James McEachin
Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited)
Dennis McMullen
Bailiff (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Red - Ferryman (uncredited)
Robin Morse
Bit Part (uncredited)
Edna O'Dell
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
John Pedrini
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
General Sterling Price
Ginger Cat (uncredited)
Stuart Randall
McAlester (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Connie Sawyer
Talkative Woman at Hanging (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jay Silverheels
Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
Dean Smith
Minor Role (uncredited)
Vincent St. Cyr
Gaspargoo (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
The Hangman (uncredited)
Chalky Williams
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Hank Worden
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)