"In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood."
Sterling Hayden
as Tall Convict
Geraldine Page
as Young Woman
Milton Selzer
as Second Convict
James Westerfield
as Warden
Malcolm Atterbury
as The Doctor
Sandy Kenyon
as The Deputy
Marc Lawrence
as The Cajun
Len Lesser
as Man with Gun
Richard LePore
as Man on Cotton House
Naomi Stevens
as Woman on Shanty Boat
Stafford Repp
as Steamboat Captain
Jamie Forster
as Motor Boat Pilot
Alvin Childress
as Farmer on Levee
Clegg Hoyt
as Army Officer
Bob Duggan
as Steam Launch Pilot
Ned Roberts
as Machine Gun Sergeant
Melvyn Douglas
as Self - Host
John Frankenheimer
Director
Arthur Jeph Parker
Set Decoration
Bo Goldman
Associate Producer
William Faulkner
Novel
Fred Coe
Producer
Walter Scott Herndon
Art Direction
Russell Stoneham
Ethel Winant
Casting
Horton Foote
Teleplay
