John Wayne (Col. John Marlowe), William Holden (Maj. Henry Kendall), Constance Towers (Hannah Hunter), Judson Pratt (Sgt. Maj. Kirby), Anna Lee (Mrs. Buford), Ken Curtis (Cpl. Wilkie), Russell Simpson (Sheriff Goodbody), Hoot Gibson (Sgt. Brown), Willis Bouchey (Col. Phil Secord), Leigh Taylor-Young (Zereh), Vernon Dobtcheff (Zam Hajji), Richard Harris (Major Sam), Peter Jeffrey (Hayatal), Jack Palance (Tursen), Strother Martin (Virgil), Omar Sharif (Uraz), Denver Pyle (Jackie Jo), Jack Pennick (Sgt. Maj. 'Mitch' Mitchell), William Henry (Confederate Lieutenant), Carleton Young (Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA), Bing Russell (Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee), William Leslie (Maj. Richard Gray), Richard H. Cutting (Gen. William T. Sherman), William Forrest (Gen. Steve Hurlburt), David de Keyser (Mukhi), Basil Ruysdael (Reverend), Fred Graham (Union Soldat), Chuck Hayward (Union Captain), Walter Reed (Union Officer), Ishaq Bux (Arnjad Kahn), Charles Seel (Newton Station Barmann), O.Z. Whitehead (Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins)