cast
- Andy Griffith
- Lonesome Rhodes
- Patricia Neal
- Marcia Jeffries
- Anthony Franciosa
- Joey Kiely
- Walter Matthau
- Mel Miller
- Lee Remick
- Betty Lou Fleckum
- Kay Medford
- First Mrs. Rhodes
- Rod Brasfield
- Beanie
- Charles Irving
- Mr. Luffler
- Howard I. Smith
- J.B. Jeffries
- Paul McGrath
- Macey
- Alexander Kirkland
- Jim Collier
- Big Jeff Bess
- Sheriff Hosmer
- Henry Sharp
- Abe Steiner
- Betty Furness
- Herself
- Percy Waram
- Col. Hollister
- Mike Wallace
- Himself
- Burl Ives
- Himself
- John Cameron Swayze
- Himself
- Marshall Neilan
- Senator Fuller
- Walter Winchell
- Himself
- Sandra Wirth
- baton twirler
- Kim Chan
- Radio Announcer
- Virginia Graham
- Herself
- Faye Emerson
- Herself
crew
- Elia Kazan
- Director, Producer
- Budd Schulberg
- Screenwriter, Short Story Author
- Gayne Rescher
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Cinematographer
- Tom Glazer
- Composer (Music Score)
- Gene Milford
- Editor
- Richard Sylbert
- Production Designer
- Anna Hill Johnstone
- Costume Designer
- Charles H. Maguire
- First Assistant Director
- George Justin
- Production Manager
