"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
Christian Nyby
Editor
Charles K. Feldman
Executive Producer
Charles Schnee
Russell Harlan
Director of Photography
Howard Hughes
Arthur Rosson
Co-Director
John Datu
Art Direction
Sid Davis
Stunts
Jack Williams
Chuck Roberson
Cliff Lyons
Margaret Martin
Hair Department Head
Al Hersh
Props
Thol Simonson
Special Effects Technician
Story
M.W. Kennedy
Assistant Production Manager
Anna Malin
Key Hair Stylist
Francis D. Lyon
Mary Freeman
Hairstylist
Norman A. Cook
Production Manager
Frank La Rue
Makeup Artist
Lee Greenway
Don L. Cash
Makeup Department Head
Jack Murray
Maudlee McDougall
Assistant Hairstylist
Web Overlander
Dotha Hippe
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
George Bau
Assistant Makeup Artist
Dave Gunreth
Casting
Lester Hallett
Assistant Property Master
Joseph C. Cavalier
Second Assistant Director
Kenneth C. Wesson
Sound Recordist
Arthur Siteman
Second Unit Director
Chuck Arrice
Wardrobe Assistant
Howard Harbough
Standby Painter
Walter Mayo
William McGarry
Assistant Director
Slim Houghton
Cableman
Allen Q. Thompson
Special Effects
Wesley Jeffries
Wardrobe Master
Howard Alston
Accountant
Richard DeWeese
Sound
Jack Gard
Boom Operator
Cecil Shephard
Gus Schroeder
Location Manager
Donald Steward
Joe Wonder
Larry Gannon
Pete Bernard
Grip
Saul Jick
Tailor
Stewart S. Frye
Assistant Editor
Stand In
Fred Starns
Stunt Double
Cleo Crabtree
Gaffer
John D. Weiler
Camera Operator
Jack Colconda
Lucien Cailliet
Orchestrator
Presenter
Howard Child
Olive Hofmann
Negative Cutter
Earl Crain Jr.
Frank Webster
Sound Mixer
John F. Austin
Set Dresser
Roy Black
Nevada Penn
Earl Stafford
Assistant Camera
Ray Binger
Additional Director of Photography
Palmer 'Pete' Swenson
Best Boy Electric
Paul Marquardt
John Zacha
Barbara Ford
Adele Parmenter
Music Director
George T. Clemens
Riley R. Waters
Bert Eason
Robert Rhea
Betty Evans
Josephine Woods
Production Secretary