"Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé."
John Wayne
as Thomas Dunson
Montgomery Clift
as Matthew Garth
Joanne Dru
as Tess Millay
Walter Brennan
as 'Groot' Nadine
Coleen Gray
as Fen
Harry Carey
as Mr. Melville
John Ireland
as Cherry Valance
Noah Beery Jr.
as Buster McGee
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Dan Latimer
Chief Yowlachie
as Quo
Paul Fix
as Teeler Yacey
Hank Worden
as Simms Reeves
Mickey Kuhn
as Matt, as a Boy
Ray Hyke
as Walt Jergens
Hal Taliaferro
as Old Leather
John Bose
as Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Buck Bucko
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Roy Bucko
Lane Chandler
as Colonel (uncredited)
Davison Clark
as Mr. Meeker (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Harry Cording
as Gambler (uncredited)
Victor Cox
Richard Farnsworth
Paul Fierro
as Fernandez (uncredited)
Carol Henry
George Lloyd
as Rider with Melville (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
as Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
John Merton
as Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
as Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
Ivan Parry
as Bunk Kenneally (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
John Rice
Danny Sands
William Self
as Sutter (uncredited)
Carl Sepulveda
Ray Spiker
Glenn Strange
as Naylor (uncredited)
Tom Tyler
as Quitter (uncredited)
Dan White
as Laredo (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
as Pete (uncredited)
Shelley Winters
Howard Hawks
Director
Borden Chase
Screenplay
Charles Schnee
Producer
Charles K. Feldman
Executive Producer
Russell Harlan
Director of Photography
Christian Nyby
Editor
Howard Hughes
Arthur Rosson
Co-Director
John Datu
Art Direction
Stunts
Sid Davis
Cliff Lyons
Chuck Roberson
Jack Williams
Margaret Martin
Hair Department Head
Al Hersh
Props
Thol Simonson
Special Effects Technician
Story
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Francis D. Lyon
Jack Murray
Dave Gunreth
Casting
Lee Greenway
Makeup Artist
George Bau
Assistant Makeup Artist
Don L. Cash
Makeup Department Head
Mary Freeman
Hairstylist
Dotha Hippe
Frank La Rue
Anna Malin
Key Hair Stylist
Maudlee McDougall
Assistant Hairstylist
Web Overlander
Norman A. Cook
Production Manager
M.W. Kennedy
Assistant Production Manager
Walter Mayo
William McGarry
Assistant Director
Joseph C. Cavalier
Second Assistant Director
Second Unit Director
Arthur Siteman
Joe Wonder
John F. Austin
Set Dresser
Jack Colconda
Lester Hallett
Assistant Property Master
Howard Harbough
Standby Painter
Richard DeWeese
Sound
Earl Crain Jr.
Boom Operator
Larry Gannon
Cableman
Jack Gard
Slim Houghton
Cecil Shephard
Frank Webster
Sound Mixer
Kenneth C. Wesson
Sound Recordist
Donald Steward
Special Effects
Allen Q. Thompson
Stunt Double
Riley R. Waters
Pete Bernard
Grip
Ray Binger
Additional Director of Photography
Roy Black
Gaffer
George T. Clemens
Camera Operator
Cleo Crabtree
Bert Eason
Assistant Camera
Robert Rhea
Earl Stafford
Palmer 'Pete' Swenson
Best Boy Electric
John D. Weiler
Chuck Arrice
Wardrobe Assistant
Howard Child
Wesley Jeffries
Wardrobe Master
Saul Jick
Tailor
Adele Parmenter
Nevada Penn
Fred Starns
John Zacha
Barbara Ford
Assistant Editor
Stewart S. Frye
Olive Hofmann
Negative Cutter
Gus Schroeder
Location Manager
Music Director
Lucien Cailliet
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Presenter
Howard Alston
Accountant
Stand In
Betty Evans
Josephine Woods
Production Secretary