"Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood."
George Peppard
as Jonas Cord Junior
Alan Ladd
as Nevada Smith
Carroll Baker
as Rina Marlowe Cord
Robert Cummings
as Dan Pierce
Martha Hyer
as Jennie Denton
Elizabeth Ashley
as Monica Winthrop
Lew Ayres
as Mac McAllister
Martin Balsam
as Bernard B. Norman
Ralph Taeger
as Buzz Dalton
Archie Moore
as Jedediah
Leif Erickson
as Jonas Cord Sr.
Arthur Franz
as Morrissey
Tom Tully
as Amos Winthrop
Audrey Totter
as Prostitute
Anthony Warde
as Moroni
Charles Lane
as Eugene Denby
Tom Lowell
as David Woolf
John Conte
as Ed Ellis
Vaughn Taylor
as Doctor
Francesca Bellini
as Cynthia Randall
Victoria Jean
as Jo Ann Cord
Bess Flowers
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ann Doran
as Reporter (uncredited)
Lisa Seagram
as Moroni's Secretary (uncredited)
Paul Frees
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lynn Borden
as Starlet in Restaurant (uncredited)
Wag Blesing
as Cowboy (uncredited)
Frank London
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Edward Dmytryk
Director
George Barrows
Stunts
Paul Baxley
Stunt Double
Harold Robbins
Novel
Frank Bracht
Editor
Joseph E. Levine
Producer
Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Sherry Wilson
Hairstylist
Bud Parman
Boom Operator
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Bill Wistrom
Sound Editor
Gary Morris
Makeup Artist
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Arthur Krams
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Glenn R. Wilder
John Michael Hayes
Screenplay
Michael D. Moore
Assistant Director
John R. Carter
Art Say
Still Photographer
Norbert Haring
Grip
Robert McCrellis
Props
Jim Miller