| Cast list | | John Wayne | as | Col. John Marlowe | | William Holden | as | Maj. Henry 'Hank' Kendall (regimental surgeon) | | Constance Towers | as | Miss Hannah Hunter of Greenbriar | | Judson Pratt | as | Sgt. Maj. Kirby | | Hoot Gibson | as | Sgt. Brown | | Ken Curtis | as | Cpl. Wilkie | | Willis Bouchey | as | Col. Phil Secord | | Bing Russell | as | Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee | | O.Z. Whitehead | as | Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins (medical assistant) | | Hank Worden | as | Deacon Clump | | Chuck Hayward | as | Union captain | | Denver Pyle | as | Jackie Jo (rebel deserter) | | Strother Martin | as | Virgil (rebel deserter) | | Basil Ruysdael | as | The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy) | | Carleton Young | as | Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA |
| | Crew list: | | John Ford (Director) | | Harold Sinclair (Writer) | | John Lee Mahin (Writer) |
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