Preacher Harry Powell
Robert Mitchum
John Harper
Billy Chapin
Ruby
Gloria Castillo
Burlesque Dancer
Gloria Pall
Bart
Paul Bryar
Mary
Cheryl Callaway
Judge
Alexander Campbell
Ruby's Boyfriend
Michael Chapin
Sheriff
Roy Engel
Miz Cunningham
Kay Lavelle
Bart's Wife
Frances Morris
Townsman (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Pearl Harper
Sally Jane Bruce
Willa Harper
Shelley Winters
Rachel Cooper
Lillian Gish
Uncle Birdie Steptoe
James Gleason
Icey Spoon
Evelyn Varden
Walt Spoon
Don Beddoe
Ben Harper
Peter Graves
District Attorney
James Griffith
Director
Charles Laughton
Screenplay
James Agee
Director of Photography
Stanley Cortez
Novel
Davis Grubb
Producer
Paul Gregory
Original Music Composer
Walter Schumann
Editor
Robert Golden
Art Direction
Hilyard M. Brown
Hairstylist
Kay Shea
Assistant Director
Milton Carter
Production Manager
Ruby Rosenberg
Set Decoration
Alfred E. Spencer
Makeup Artist
Don L. Cash
Sound
Stanford Houghton
Property Master
Joe LaBella
Wardrobe Designer
Jerry Bos
Wardrobe Assistant
Evelyn Carruth
Special Effects
Jack Rabin
Louis DeWitt