"A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness."
Natalie Wood
as Wilma “Deanie” Loomis
Pat Hingle
as Ace Stamper
Audrey Christie
as Mrs. Loomis
Barbara Loden
as Ginny Stamper
Zohra Lampert
as Angelina
Warren Beatty
as Bud Stamper
Fred Stewart
as Del Loomis
John McGovern
as Doc Smiley
Jan Norris
as Juanita Howard
Martine Bartlett
as Miss Metcalf
Gary Lockwood
as Allen 'Toots' Tuttle
Sandy Dennis
as Kay
Joanna Roos
as Mrs. Stamper
Crystal Field
as Hazel
Marla Adams
as June
Lynn Loring
as Carolyn
Phyllis Diller
as Texas Guinan
Sean Garrison
as Glenn
Martin Abrahams
as Student (uncredited)
Jim Antonio
as Oil Field Worker at Party (uncredited)
Lou Antonio
Godfrey Cambridge
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Ivor Francis
as Dr. Judd (uncredited)
William Inge
as Reverend Whitman (uncredited)
Phoebe Mackay
as Stampers' Maid (uncredited)
Kermit Murdock
as Dean Pollard (uncredited)
Charles Robinson
as Johnny Masterson (uncredited)
Eugene Roche
as Private Detective (uncredited)
Mark Slade
as Rusty (uncredited)
Iris Whitney
as Deanie's High School Friend (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Director
Writer
Producer
David Amram
Original Music Composer
Boris Kaufman
Director of Photography
Gene Milford
Editor
Richard Sylbert
Production Design
Gene Callahan
Set Decoration
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
Marguerite James
Continuity
Associate Producer
Charles H. Maguire
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Ulu Grosbard
Assistant Director
Edward J. Johnstone
Sound
Frank Lewin
Sound Editor
Dick Vorisek
James Perdue
Frank J. Calabria
Additional Photography
Howard Fortune
Electrician
George Newman
Wardrobe Supervisor
Flo Transfield
Joan Joseff
Other
Conductor
George Tapps
Choreographer
Mart Crowley
Production Assistant
Don Kranze
Willis Hanchett
Hairdresser
Larry Shaw
Still Photographer