Filmmakers
Above the lineHH
Director
Henry Hathaway
MR
Screenplay
Marguerite Roberts
LB
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
EB
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
WT
Production Design
Walter H. Tyler
DJ
Costume Design
Dorothy Jeakins
Cast
48JW
John Wayne
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
KD
Kim Darby
Mattie Ross
GC
Glen Campbell
"La Boeuf"
JS
Jeremy Slate
Emmett Quincy
RD
Robert Duvall
Ned Pepper
DH
Dennis Hopper
"Moon"
AR
Alfred Ryder
Goudy
SM
Strother Martin
Colonel G. Stonehill
JC
Jeff Corey
Tom Chaney
RS
Ron Soble
Captain Boots Finch
JW
James Westerfield
Judge Parker
JF
John Fiedler
Lawyer Daggett
JD
John Doucette
"Sheriff"
DW
Donald Woods
"Barlow"
EA
Edith Atwater
Mrs. Floyd
CR
Carlos Rivas
"Dirty Bob"
IB
Isabel Boniface
Mrs. Bagby
HG
H.W. Gim
Chen Lee
JP
John Pickard
Frank Ross
EH
Elizabeth Harrower
Mrs. Ross
KR
Ken Renard
Yarnell
JR
Jay Ripley
Harold Parmalee
KB
Kenneth Becker
Farrell Parmalee
WB
Wilford Brimley
Minor Role (uncredited)
CH
Chuck Hayward
Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
LA
Leon Alton
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
FB
Forrest Burns
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
AC
Albert Cavens
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
GC
Gene Coogan
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
MH
Myron Healey
Deputy at Prisoner Unloading (uncredited)
JM
James McEachin
Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited)
DM
Dennis McMullen
Bailiff (uncredited)
BM
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Red - Ferryman (uncredited)
RM
Robin Morse
Bit Part (uncredited)
EO
Edna O'Dell
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
JP
John Pedrini
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
GP
General Sterling Price
Ginger Cat (uncredited)
SR
Stuart Randall
McAlester (uncredited)
CR
Clark Ross
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
CS
Connie Sawyer
Talkative Woman at Hanging (uncredited)
JS
Jeffrey Sayre
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
JS
Jay Silverheels
Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
DS
Dean Smith
Minor Role (uncredited)
VC
Vincent St. Cyr
Gaspargoo (uncredited)
MW
Max Wagner
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
GW
Guy Wilkerson
The Hangman (uncredited)
CW
Chalky Williams
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
HW
Hank Worden
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Departments
28Production
- Paul NathanAssociate Producer
- Joseph H. HazenExecutive Producer
- Hal B. WallisProducer
- Frank BeetsonProduction Manager
Sound
- Elmer BernsteinSongs
- Elden RubergSound Recordist
- Roy MeadowsSound Recordist
Art
- Ray MoyerSet Decoration
- John BurtonSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Carol MeikleHairstylist
- Jack WilsonMakeup Supervisor
Editing
- Warren LowSupervising Film Editor
Crew
- Monty JordanStunt Double
- Jim BurkStunts
- Neil SummersStunts
- Polly BursonStunts
- Bob HarrisStunts
- Gary CombsStunts
- Dean SmithStunts
- Cody BearpawStunts
- Quentin DickeyStunts
- Boyd 'Red' MorganStunts
- Louie EliasStunts
- Fred GerberStunts
- Chuck HaywardStunts
Writing
- Don BlackLyricist
- Charles PortisNovel
Directing
- William W. GrayAssistant Director