Vincente Minnelli Director Robert Mitchum Captain Wade Hunnicutt Actor Eleanor Parker Hannah Hunnicutt Actor George Peppard Raphael "Rafe" Copley Actor George Hamilton Theron Hunnicutt Actor Everett Sloane Albert Halstead Actor Luana Patten Elizabeth "Libby" Halstead Actor Anne Seymour Sarah Halstead Actor Constance Ford Opal Bixby Actor Ken Renard Chauncey Actor Ray Teal Dr. Reuben Carson Actor Hilda Haynes Melba (uncredited) Actor Charlie Briggs Dick Gibbons (uncredited) Actor Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Hugh Macauley (uncredited) Actor Dan Sheridan Peyton Stiles (uncredited) Actor Orville Sherman Ed Dinwoodie (uncredited) Actor Dub Taylor Bob Skaggs (uncredited) Actor Stuart Randall Ben Ramsey (uncredited) Actor Tom Gilson John Ellis (uncredited) Actor Harriet Frank Jr. Screenwriter Irving Ravetch Screenwriter Edmund Grainger Producer Sol C. Siegel Producer Milton R. Krasner Cinematographer Harold F. Kress Film Editing Bronislau Kaper Original Music E. Preston Ames Art Director George W. Davis Art Director Henry Grace Set Decoration Robert Priestley Set Decoration Walter Plunkett Costume Design