Burt Lancaster (Oberst Thadeus Gearhart), Lee Remick (Cora Templeton Massingale), Jim Hutton (Captain Paul Slater), Brian Keith (Frank Wallingham), Donald Pleasence (Orakel Jones), Robert J. Wilke (Häuptling Fünf Fässer), Martin Landau (Häuptling Krummer Rücken), Pamela Tiffin (Louise Gearhart), Tom Stern (Kevin O'Flaherty), Dub Taylor (Clayton Howell), Hope Summers (Mrs. Hasselrad), Helen Kleeb (Henrietta), Marshall Reed (Lieutenant Carter), John H. Anderson (Sergeant Buell), Ted Markland (Kapellmeister), Whit Bissell (Hobbs), Val Avery (Barmann in Denver), William 'Billy' Benedict (Simpson (Minenarbeiter)), Bing Russell (Horner (Minenarbeiter)), Buff Brady (Bilkins (Minenarbeiter)), Carl Pitti (Phillips), John McKee (Rafe Pike), Noam Pitlik (Übersetzer)