Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
Warren Oates
Mattie Ross
Lisa Pelikan
Chaka
Fredric Cook
Harrison
Redmond Gleeson
Slatter
Gregg Palmer
Creed
Derrel Maury
Moses Turk
Roger Frazier
Tom Lacy
John Perak
Doc Wade
Don Spencer
Bast
Burt Douglas
Udall
Simon Tyme
Hopkins
Charles Burke
Annie Sumner
Lee Meriwether
Richard McKenzie
Sue Hoffman
Joshua Sumner
James Stephens
Christopher Sumner
Jeff Osterhage
Daniel Sumner
Lee Montgomery
Sheriff Ambrose
Ramon Bieri
Clerk
Jack Fletcher
Rollins
Parley Baer
Skorby
Lee de Broux
Director of Photography
Stevan Larner
Director
Richard T. Heffron
Writer
Sandor Stern
Producer
Original Music Composer
Earle Hagen
Characters
Charles Portis
Set Decoration
Bert Allen
Costumer
Luster Bayless
Mina Mittelman
Makeup Artist
Robert Norin
Hairstylist
Jan Van Uchelen
Unit Production Manager
Lee Rafner
Assistant Director
Hap Weyman
Second Assistant Director
Stephen Lofaro
Location Manager
R. Anthony Brown
Script Supervisor
Sandy Nelson
Sound Mixer
Don Parker
Sound Effects Editor
Howard Beals
Music Editor
Jack Lowry
Editor
Jerry Young
Casting
Ramsay King
Art Direction
Archie J. Bacon