Reparto y equipo

Henry Hathaway

John Wayne Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Kim Darby Mattie Ross

Glen Campbell "La Boeuf"

Jeremy Slate Emmett Quincy

Robert Duvall Ned Pepper

Dennis Hopper "Moon"

Alfred Ryder Goudy

Strother Martin Colonel G. Stonehill

Jeff Corey Tom Chaney

Ron Soble Captain Boots Finch

James Westerfield Judge Parker

John Fiedler Lawyer Daggett

John Doucette "Sheriff"

Donald Woods "Barlow"

Edith Atwater Mrs. Floyd

Hal B. Wallis

Elmer Bernstein

Lucien Ballard