Capt. Kirby York
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
Henry Fonda
Capt. Dr. Wilkens
Guy Kibbee
Silas Meacham
Grant Withers
Sgt. Daniel Schattuck
Jack Pennick
Lt. Gates
Ray Hyke
Guadalupe
Movita
Cochise
Miguel Inclán
Ma (barmaid)
Mary Gordon
Cavalryman
Philip Kieffer
Mrs. Gates
Mae Marsh
Southern Recruit
Hank Worden
Philadelphia Thursday
Shirley Temple
2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
John Agar
Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Abdullah Abbas
Recruit With Mustache / Accordionist at Serenade (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Stage Driver (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Jane Crowley
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Reporter (uncredited)
William Forrest
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Cpl. Derice (uncredited)
Frank McGrath
Sgt. Beaufort
Pedro Armendáriz
Clyde McLeod
Russell Meeker
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Al Murphy
John Rice
Soldier (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Allen D. Sewall
NCO at Dance (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Leslie Sketchley
Brick Sullivan
Tom O'Feeney (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
Ward Bond
Archie Twitchell
Eleanore Vogel
Capt. Sam Collingwood
George O’Brien
Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
Victor McLaglen
Mrs. Emily Collingwood
Anna Lee
Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Irene Rich
Sgt. Quincannon
Dick Foran
Stunts
Ben Johnson
Producer
Merian C. Cooper
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
Richard Hageman
Second Unit Director
Cliff Lyons
Cinematography
William H. Clothier
Director
John Ford
Richard Farnsworth
John Hudkins
Assistant Director
Terry Wilson
Story
James Warner Bellah
Screenplay
Frank S. Nugent
Costume Design
Ann Peck
Director of Photography
Archie Stout
Editor
Jack Murray
Lowell J. Farrell
Art Direction
James Basevi
Sound
Joseph I. Kane
Special Effects
Dave Koehler
Makeup Artist
Emile LaVigne
Frank Webster
Fred Carson
Frank Baker
Daniel Hays
Second Assistant Director
Frank Parmenter
Danny Sands
Camera Operator
Eddie Fitzgerald
Jack Williams
Gil Perkins
Barlow Simpson
Walt La Rue
Ted Mapes
Bob Rose
John Epper
Property Master
Jack Colconda
Conductor
Lucien Cailliet
Music Arranger
Set Dresser
Joseph Kish