"Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad."
Jennifer Jones
as Pearl Chavez
Joseph Cotten
as Jesse McCanles
Gregory Peck
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Lionel Barrymore
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
Herbert Marshall
as Scott Chavez
Lillian Gish
as Laura Belle McCanles
Walter Huston
as The Sinkiller
Charles Bickford
as Sam Pierce
Harry Carey
as Lem Smoot
Joan Tetzel
as Helen Langford
Tilly Losch
as Mrs. Chavez
Butterfly McQueen
as Vashti
Scott McKay
as Sid
Otto Kruger
as Mr. Langford
Sidney Blackmer
as The Lover
Charles Dingle
as Sheriff Hardy
Griff Barnett
as Bordertown Jailer (uncredited)
John Barton
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hank Bell
as McCanles' Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
Edward Biby
Johnny Bond
Lovyss Bradley
Nora Bush
Lane Chandler
as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
George Chung
as Man (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
Frank Cordell
as Sid (uncredited)
Tom Daly
as Cowboy (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
Steve Dunhill
as Jake (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
Si Jenks
Carmencita Johnson
Jack Kenny
as Barfly (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as Gambler (uncredited)
Al Kunde
Ann Kunde
Kermit Maynard
Francis McDonald
Robert McKenzie
as Zeke the Bartender (uncredited)
Hank Patterson
Lee Phelps
as Train Fireman (uncredited)
Rose Plumer
as Dancer (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
as Townsman (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Allen D. Sewall
Lucile Sewall
Lloyd Shaw
as Barbecue Dance Caller (uncredited)
Tom Smith
Al Taylor
Jack Tornek
Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dan White
as Ed (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Hank Worden
Josef von Sternberg
Co-Director
Otto Brower
Sidney Franklin
William Cameron Menzies
William Dieterle
King Vidor
Director
David O. Selznick
Screenplay
Producer
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Ray Rennahan
Harold Rosson
J. McMillan Johnson
Production Design
James Basevi
Art Direction
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Charles P. Boyle
Additional Photography
Richard Farnsworth
Stunts
Niven Busch
Novel
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Adaptation
Margaret Martin
Hairstylist
Richard DeWeese
Sound Recordist
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Norbert A. Myles
Makeup Artist
Robert Stephanoff
Ben Hecht
Writer
Presenter
Conductor
Hal C. Kern
Supervising Film Editor
William H. Ziegler
Associate Editor
John Faure
James G. Stewart
Sound Director
Lowell J. Farrell
Assistant Director
Clarence Slifer
Special Effects
Second Unit Director
B. Reeves Eason