"Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobias Brown."
Brandon De Wilde
as Byron Turner
Lee Marvin
as Tobias Brown
Gary Merrill
as Doyle Magee
Paul Ford
as Finas Daugherty
Mary Hosford
as Anne Love Price
Ken Curtis
as Fred Mueller
Frank Cady
as Willie Poole
Cal Tinney
as Clyde Hamilton, the baker
Mary Field
as Nelda Hamilton
Kathleen Freeman
as Serena Poole
Will Wright
as Sheriff Marvin Peavy
Barry Curtis
as Jimmy Price
Eddie Little Sky
as Red Poole
Tom Tiner
as Rev. Thorndyke
William Bryant
as Henry Craig
Eddie Little
as Robert 'Red' Poole
Rodney Bell
as Herb Davis
Helen Brown
as Hattie Neely
William Newell
as Pos Neely
Roy Jenson
as Simpson
Earle Hodgins
as Old Sharecropper
Jerry Hopper
Director
Tom McAdoo
Editor
Winton C. Hoch
Director of Photography
Lowell J. Farrell
Associate Producer
Lew Borzage
Assistant Director
Cliff Lyons
Stunts
Stanley Jones
Sound
Norman S. Hall
Screenplay
Jack Marshall
Original Music Composer
Paul Stader
Patrick Ford
Producer
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Decoration
Jack Okey
Art Direction
Ray Romero
Makeup Artist
Ann Peck
Costume Design
Jack Caffee
Special Effects
Margaret Donovan
Hairstylist
John Burress
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