Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
John Wayne
Eula Goodnight
Katharine Hepburn
Chen Lee
Tommy Lee
Baghy
Warren Vanders
Nose
Jerry Gatlin
Shanghai McCoy
Strother Martin
Jerry (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Fiona's Husband (uncredited)
Andrew Prine
Bailiff (uncredited)
Charles Weldon
Breed
Anthony Zerbe
Hawk
Richard Jordan
Judge Parker
John McIntire
Luke
Paul Koslo
Red
Jack Colvin
Rev. Goodnight
Jon Lormer
Wolf
Richard Romancito
Leroy
Lane Smith
Original Music Composer
Laurence Rosenthal
Second Unit Director
Michael D. Moore
Writer
Martha Hyer
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Costume Design
Edith Head
Stunt Double
Chuck Roberson
Stunts
Gary Combs
Director
Stuart Millar
Production Manager
William W. Gray
First Assistant Director
Joseph Lenzi
Second Assistant Director
Richard Hashimoto
Stunt Coordinator
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Leonard S. Petterson
Luster Bayless
Characters
Charles Portis
Director of Photography
Harry Stradling Jr.
Editor
Robert Swink
Art Direction
E. Preston Ames
Associate Producer
Paul Nathan
Set Decoration
George R. Nelson
Jerry Brutsche
Mickey Gilbert
Gary McLarty
Kevin N. Johnston
Quentin Dickey
Makeup Artist
Emile LaVigne
George Robotham
Lon Bentley
Dave Grayson
Jerry Summers
Second Unit Director of Photography
Rexford L. Metz
Hairdresser
Barbara Ronci
Special Effects
Jack McMaster
Sound
John R. Carter