Howard Hawks Director, Producer Gary Cooper Alvin C. York Actor Walter Brennan Pastor Rosier Pile Actor Joan Leslie Gracie Williams Actor George Tobias "Pusher" Ross Actor Stanley Ridges Major Buxton Actor Margaret Wycherly Mother York Actor Ward Bond Ike Botkin Actor Noah Beery Jr. Buck Lipscomb Actor June Lockhart Rosie York Actor Dickie Moore George York Actor Clem Bevans Zeke Actor Howard Da Silva Lem Actor Charles Trowbridge Cordell Hull Actor Harvey Stephens Captain Danforth Actor David Bruce Bert Thomas Actor Carl Esmond German major Actor Joe Sawyer Sergeant Early Actor Pat Flaherty Sergeant Harry Parsons Actor Robert Porterfield Zeb Andrews Actor Erville Alderson Nate Tomkins Actor Joseph W. Girard General John J. Pershing (uncredited) Actor Harry Chandlee Writer Abem Finkel Writer John Huston Writer Howard Koch Writer Jesse L. Lasky Producer Hal B. Wallis Producer Sol Polito Cinematographer William Holmes Film Editing Max Steiner Original Music John Hughes Art Director Perc Westmore Makeup Artist Oliver S. Garretson Sound