"The film we see is merely a cozy point of convergence, with swirling metaphysical gravity and back-porch nostalgia attained through the way in which Ford frames the story as a curious detail on an epic canvas, or a single, gorgeous constellation amid a blanket of stars. The characters are rounded, rootsy products of lives lived and knowledge procured, and this story little more than a juncture of souls or a random point of communal progression."

"Cathy Downs - Clementine Carter"

"J. Farrell MacDonald - Mac the barman"

"Russell Simpson - Deacon John Simpson"

"Jane Darwell - Kate Nelson"

"Grant Withers - Ike Clanton"

"John Ireland - Billy Clanton"

"Alan Mowbray - Granville Thorndyke"

"Walter Brennan - Newman Haynes Clanton"

"Ward Bond - Morgan Earp"

"Tim Holt - Virgil Earp"

"Don Garner - James Earp"

"Roy Roberts - Mayor"

"Irving Bacon as Matt Cooper the Mailman."

"Gene Reynolds as Wid Hawks, Gil' Son."

"Sara Haden as Mrs. Mary Cooper."

"Forrest Tucker as Gil Hawks."

"Skip Homeier as Jim Hawks, Gil' Son."

"Peggy Ann Garner as Doris Cooper."

"Preston Foster as Tom Eggers."

"COUGAR CUNNING THAT DEFIED HUNTERS' GUNS! (newspaper print ad - all caps)"

"THRILL TO WILD MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE...OUTDOOR MAGNIFICENCE...YOUNG LOVE! (newspaper print ad - all caps)"

"Lon McCallister as Danny Turner."

"Powerful Action! Thrilling Drama!"

"Roy Rogers as Jesse James / Clint Burns"

"George 'Gabby' Hayes as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker"

"Sally Payne as Polly Morgan"

"Pierre Watkin as Phineas Krager - Land Dealer"

"[as Clint Burns to Krager] It's a deal. You furnish the cash, and I'll furnish the trouble."

"Ivan Miller as Judge Rutherford"

"THE BOLDEST BANDIT OF ALL! Jesse's Greatest Adventure Becomes A Six-Gun Screen Sensation!"

"Hal Taliaferro as Paul Sloan, Lawyer"

"Gale Storm as Jane Fillmore, 'St. Louis Journal' Reporter"

"THE WEST'S MOST FAMOUS BANDIT RIDES AGAIN! GUNS ROAR AS JESSE TAKES A TRAIL TO RIGHT A WRONG!"

"Roy Barcroft as Henchman Vern Stone"

"Jack Kirk as Henchman Rufe Balder"

"[revealing himself to be a U.S. Marshal after disguising himself as a courtesan and being called 'lady' by Jim West] I'm not a lady, I'm a U.S. Marshal!"

"[upon being caught impersonating U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant by Grant himself] President Grant... Sir, these are perilous times. I was merely demonstrating how someone, using the art of disguise could penetrate into the very bowels of the White House, sir."

"Why y'all look like you've seen a ghost. It's me, dear friends - alive and kicking! Well, alive anyway. [chuckles for a bit] We may have lost the war, but Heaven knows we haven't lost our sense of humor! No... not even when we've lost a lung, a spleen, a bladder, two legs, 35 feet of small intestine and our ability to reproduce, all in the name of the South, DO WE EVER LOSE OUR SENSE OF HUMOR!"

"[introducing himself to Miss East] West... Jim West."

"[addressing foreign dignitaries at Spider Canyon] Today, I'm proud to be able to sit before y'all and tell you that the wrongs will be righted...the past made present... the United, Divided! [unveils map of a partitioned US and explains it all] Great Britain gets back the 13 original colonies, minus Manhattan. Florida and the Fountain of Youth go back to Spain. Texas, New Mexico, California, Arizona revolve a Mexico. [refers to "Loveless Land" encompassing Oregon, Nevada, Kansas and the Territories of Utah, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska] And a little piece for me to retire on. [guests laugh]"

"Nitro?! THIS IS NOT THE WAY YOU TRANSPORT NITRO!"

"Spencer Charters — Minister"

"Ernest Whitman — Pinkie"

"Harold Goodwin — Bill"

"Eddy Waller — Deputy"

"Paul Burns — Hank"

"John Russell — Jesse James, Jr."