"A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas."
Burt Lancaster
as Elias Wakefield
Dianne Foster
as Hannah Bolen
Walter Matthau
as Stan Bodine
Diana Lynn
as Susie Spann
Donald MacDonald
as Little Eli Wakefield
John McIntire
as Zack Wakefield
Una Merkel
as Sophie Wakefield
John Carradine
as Ziby Fletcher
John Litel
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson
Rhys Williams
as Constable
Edward Norris
as Roulette Dealer
Will Wright
as John Decker (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
as Frome Brother (uncredited)
Paul Wexler
Clem Bevans
as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
as Frontiersman (uncredited)
Director
Harold Hecht
Producer
A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Screenplay
Felix Holt
Novel
James T. Vaughn
Production Manager
Richard Maybery
Assistant Director
Wayne Fury
Sound Effects Editor
John K. Kean
Sound Recordist
Paul Schmutz
Russell Shearman
Special Effects
Robert G. Carlisle
Music Editor
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Roy Webb
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
George E. Luckenbacher
Editor
Ted Haworth
Production Design
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Norma Koch
Costume Design
John Orlando
Props
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
LaVaughn Speer
Hairstylist
