Otto Preminger Director Robert Mitchum Matt Calder Actor Marilyn Monroe Kay Weston Actor Rory Calhoun Harry Weston (gambler) Actor Tommy Rettig Mark Calder Actor Murvyn Vye Dave Colby (prospector) Actor Douglas Spencer Sam Benson (prospector) Actor Ed Hinton Gambler (uncredited) Actor Don Beddoe Ben (Council City storekeeper) (uncredited) Actor Claire Andre Surrey driver (uncredited) Actor Jack Mather Dealer at card table (uncredited) Actor Edmund Cobb Town barber (uncredited) Actor Will Wright Trader (uncredited) Actor Louis Lantz Writer Frank Fenton Screenwriter Stanley Rubin Producer Cyril J. Mockridge Original Music Lionel Newman Original Music Joseph LaShelle Cinematographer Louis R. Loeffler Film Editing