John Ford Director, Producer John Wayne Sean Thornton Actor Maureen O'Hara Mary Kate Danaher Actor Barry Fitzgerald Michaleen Flynn Actor Victor McLaglen Red Will Danaher, Squire Danaher Actor Mildred Natwick The Widow Sarah Tillane Actor Arthur Shields Reverend Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair Actor Ward Bond Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator Actor Jack MacGowran Feeney Actor Charles B. Fitzsimons Hugh Forbes Actor Sean McClory Owen Glynn Actor Frank S. Nugent Screenwriter Maurice Walsh Writer Merian C. Cooper Producer Winton C. Hoch Cinematographer Jack Murray Film Editing Victor Young Original Music Frank Hotaling Production Design, Art Director John McCarthy Jr. Set Decoration Charles S. Thompson Set Decoration Adele Costume Design T.A. Carman Sound Howard Wilson Sound