"Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé."
John Wayne
as Thomas Dunson
Montgomery Clift
as Matthew Garth
Joanne Dru
as Tess Millay
Walter Brennan
as 'Groot' Nadine
Coleen Gray
as Fen
Harry Carey
as Mr. Melville
John Ireland
as Cherry Valance
Noah Beery Jr.
as Buster McGee
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Dan Latimer
Chief Yowlachie
as Quo
Paul Fix
as Teeler Yacey
Hank Worden
as Simms Reeves
Mickey Kuhn
as Matt, as a Boy
Ray Hyke
as Walt Jergens
Hal Taliaferro
as Old Leather
John Bose
as Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Buck Bucko
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Roy Bucko
Lane Chandler
as Colonel (uncredited)
Davison Clark
as Mr. Meeker (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Harry Cording
as Gambler (uncredited)
Victor Cox
Richard Farnsworth
Paul Fierro
as Fernandez (uncredited)
Carol Henry
George Lloyd
as Rider with Melville (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
as Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
John Merton
as Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
as Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
Ivan Parry
as Bunk Kenneally (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
John Rice
Danny Sands
William Self
as Sutter (uncredited)
Carl Sepulveda
Ray Spiker
Glenn Strange
as Naylor (uncredited)
Tom Tyler
as Quitter (uncredited)
Dan White
as Laredo (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
as Pete (uncredited)
Shelley Winters
Borden Chase
Screenplay
Howard Hawks
Producer
Director
Charles K. Feldman
Executive Producer
Christian Nyby
Editor
Russell Harlan
Director of Photography
Charles Schnee
Howard Hughes
Arthur Rosson
Co-Director
John Datu
Art Direction
Cliff Lyons
Stunts
Sid Davis
Chuck Roberson
Jack Williams
Margaret Martin
Hair Department Head
Al Hersh
Props
Dotha Hippe
Hairstylist
Walter Mayo
Production Manager
Joseph C. Cavalier
Second Assistant Director
Roy Black
Gaffer
Howard Child
Wardrobe Assistant
Jack Murray
Robert Rhea
Assistant Camera
Francis D. Lyon
Frank La Rue
Makeup Artist
John F. Austin
Set Dresser
Slim Houghton
Cableman
Stunt Double
Wesley Jeffries
Wardrobe Master
Fred Starns
Arthur Siteman
Second Unit Director
Frank Webster
Sound Mixer
Allen Q. Thompson
Special Effects
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Lester Hallett
Assistant Property Master
Larry Gannon
Ray Binger
Additional Director of Photography
Bert Eason
Maudlee McDougall
Assistant Hairstylist
Nevada Penn
Web Overlander
Don L. Cash
Makeup Department Head
Anna Malin
Key Hair Stylist
Joe Wonder
Assistant Director
Cecil Shephard
Kenneth C. Wesson
Sound Recordist
Pete Bernard
Grip
Thol Simonson
Special Effects Technician
Norman A. Cook
William McGarry
Story
Dave Gunreth
Casting
M.W. Kennedy
Assistant Production Manager
Mary Freeman
Lee Greenway
George Bau
Assistant Makeup Artist
Howard Harbough
Standby Painter
Palmer 'Pete' Swenson
Best Boy Electric
John D. Weiler
Camera Operator
Chuck Arrice
Richard DeWeese
Sound
Jack Gard
Boom Operator
Saul Jick
Tailor
Riley R. Waters
Adele Parmenter
Jack Colconda
Earl Crain Jr.
Cleo Crabtree
Earl Stafford
Donald Steward
George T. Clemens
Gus Schroeder
Location Manager
Lucien Cailliet
Orchestrator
Music Director
Paul Marquardt
Stewart S. Frye
Assistant Editor
Howard Alston
Accountant
Olive Hofmann
Negative Cutter
John Zacha
Barbara Ford
Betty Evans
Presenter
Stand In
Josephine Woods
Production Secretary