David Miller Director Kirk Douglas Jack Burns, John W. Burns Actor Gena Rowlands Jerry Bondi Actor Walter Matthau Sheriff Morey Johnson Actor Michael Kane Paul Bondi Actor Carroll O'Connor Hinton (truck driver) Actor William Schallert Harry (soft-spoken radio operator) Actor George Kennedy Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez Actor Karl Swenson Rev. Hoskins (prison inmate) Actor William Mims First deputy arraigning Burns Actor Martin Garralaga Old man (observer in Latin bar) Actor Lalo Rios Prisoner Actor Edward Abbey Writer Dalton Trumbo Writer Edward Lewis Producer Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Philip H. Lathrop Cinematographer Leon Barsha Film Editing Alexander Golitzen Art Director George Milo Set Decoration