"[about no one volunteering to be a deputy] It figures. It's all happened too sudden. People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care."

"Robert J. Wilke - Jim Pierce"

"Lee Van Cleef - Jack Colby"

"Harry Shannon - Cooper"

"Morgan Farley - Dr. Mahin, minister"

"Eve McVeagh - Mildred Fuller"

"Ian MacDonald - Frank Miller"

"Harry Morgan - Sam Fuller"

"Lon Chaney Jr. - Martin Howe"

"Otto Kruger - Judge Percy Mettrick"

"Grace Kelly - Amy Fowler Kane"

"Katy Jurado - Helen Ramírez"

"Lloyd Bridges - Deputy Marshal Harvey Pell"

"Thomas Mitchell - Mayor Jonas Henderson"

"Gary Cooper - Marshal Will Kane"

"[about being marshal] It's a great life. You risk your skin catchin' killers and the juries turn 'em loose so they can come back and shoot at ya again. If you're honest, you're poor your whole life, and in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothin'. For a tin star."