Terence Young Director Lee Marvin Sheriff Track Bascomb Actor Richard Burton Breck Stancill Actor Cameron Mitchell Butt Cutt Cates Actor Lola Falana Loretta Sykes Actor Luciana Paluzzi Trixie Actor David Huddleston Mayor Hardy Riddle Actor Linda Evans Nancy Poteet Actor O.J. Simpson Garth Actor Hoke Howell Bobby Poteet Actor Eve Christopher Mrs. Martha Shaneyfelt Actor Ed Call Shaneyfelt Actor John Alderson Vernon Hodo Actor John Pearce Taggart Actor David Ladd Flagg Actor Vic Perrin Hector Actor Spence Wil-Dee Willy Washington Actor Wendell Wellman Alan Bascomb Actor Virgil Frye Johnson Actor Robert Porter Rev. Josh Franklin Actor Lee de Broux Rev. Alverson Actor Charlie Briggs A.P. Reporter Actor Morgan Upton N.Y. Times Reporter Actor Susan Brown Maybelle Bascomb Actor Gary L. Catus Charles Peck Actor Jean Bell Mary Anne Actor Jo Ann Cowell Annie Actor Edmund Lane Jim Hodo Actor Bert Williams Doctor Actor Larry Williams Lightning Rod Actor William Alexander Producer Howard Effron Executive Producer Bill Shiffrin Executive Producer Millard Kaufman Screenwriter Samuel Fuller Screenwriter Stu Gardner Original Music Dale O. Warren Original Music Lloyd Ahern Sr. Cinematographer Gene Milford Film Editing Hoyt Bowers Casting Jack Poplin Production Design Ray Molyneaux Set Decoration