Anthony Mann Director Dick Powell John Kennedy Actor Paula Raymond Ginny Beaufort Actor Adolphe Menjou Colonel Caleb Jeffers Actor Marshall Thompson Lance Beaufort Actor Ruby Dee Rachel Actor Will Geer Homer Crowley Actor Richard Rober Lt. Coulter Actor Florence Bates Mrs. Charlotte Alsop Actor Victor Kilian John K. Gannon Actor Katherine Warren Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited) Actor Leif Erickson Stranger Actor Peter Brocco Fernandina (uncredited) Actor Barbara Billingsley Young Mother (uncredited) Actor Will Wright Thomas I. Ogden Actor Regis Toomey Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited) Actor Jeff Richards Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited) Actor Tom Powers Simon G. Stroud (uncredited) Actor Leslie Kimmell Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) Actor James Harrison Allan Pinkerton (uncredited) Actor Dan Foster Dapper Man (uncredited) Actor Richard Goldstone Producer