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

Carlos Rivas

"Dirty Bob"

Isabel Boniface

Mrs. Bagby

H.W. Gim

Chen Lee

John Pickard

Frank Ross

Elizabeth Harrower

Mrs. Ross

Ken Renard

Yarnell

Jay Ripley

Harold Parmalee

Kenneth Becker

Farrell Parmalee

Wilford Brimley

Minor Role (uncredited)

Chuck Hayward

Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)

Leon Alton

Boarding House Guest (uncredited)

Forrest Burns

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Albert Cavens

Boarding House Guest (uncredited)

Gene Coogan

Boarding House Guest (uncredited)

Myron Healey

Deputy at Prisoner Unloading (uncredited)

James McEachin

Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited)

Dennis McMullen

Bailiff (uncredited)

Boyd 'Red' Morgan

Red - Ferryman (uncredited)

Robin Morse

Bit Part (uncredited)

Edna O'Dell

Boarding House Guest (uncredited)

John Pedrini

Boarding House Guest (uncredited)

General Sterling Price

Ginger Cat (uncredited)

Stuart Randall

McAlester (uncredited)

Clark Ross

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Connie Sawyer

Talkative Woman at Hanging (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Jay Silverheels

Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)

Dean Smith

Minor Role (uncredited)

Vincent St. Cyr

Gaspargoo (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson

The Hangman (uncredited)

Chalky Williams

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Hank Worden

R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)