• 
  Arthur Penn

  regizor

• 
  Thomas McGuane

  scenarist

• 
  Marlon Brando

  Robert E. Lee Clayton
• 
  Jack Nicholson

  Tom Logan
• 
  Randy Quaid

  Little Tod
• 
  Kathleen Lloyd

  Jane Braxton
• 
  Frederic Forrest

  Cary
• 
  Harry Dean Stanton

  Calvin

• 
  Charles Wagenheim

  Freighter
• 
  James Greene

  Hellsgate rancher
• 
  Richard Bradford

  Pete Marker
• 
  Steve Franken

  Lonesome Kid
• 
  Daniel Ades

  John Quinn
• 
  Luana Anders

  Rancher's wife
• 
  John McLiam

  David Braxton

• 
  John P. Ryan

  Si
• 
  Sam Gilman

  Hank Rate
• 
  Virgil Frye

  Woody
• 
  Danny Goldman

  Baggage Clerk
• 
  Hunter von Leer

  Sandy (as Hunter Von Leer)