Burl Ives

Cottonmouth

Christopher Plummer

Walt Murdock

Chana Eden

Naomi

Gypsy Rose Lee

Mrs. Bradford

Tony Galento

Beef

Sammy Renick

Loser

Pat Henning

Sawdust

Peter Falk

Writer

Cory Osceola

Billy One-Arm

Emmett Kelly

Bigamy Bob

MacKinlay Kantor

Judge Harris

Totch Brown

One-Note

George Voskovec

Aaron Nathanson

Curt Conway

Perfesser

Sumner Williams

Windy

Howard Smith

George Leggett

Rufus Beecham

Pianist (uncredited)

Cynthia Betout

Memory (uncredited)

Brad Bradford

Thumbs (uncredited)

Toby Bruce

Joe Bottles (uncredited)

Fred Holliday

Slow Boy (uncredited)

Joe Hunter

(uncredited)

Dorothy Rogers

Mary Melon (uncredited)

Sandra Schulberg

(uncredited)

Minella Jiras

(uncredited)

Sally Marlowe

(uncredited)

Marvin Miller

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Mary Osceola

Suzy Billy (uncredited)

Ray Osmer

Roy Ozmer (uncredited)

Owen Pavitt

Sheriff (uncredited)

Mary Pennington

Mrs. Liggett (uncredited)

Frank Rothe

Ross Morgan (uncredited)

David Schulberg

(uncredited)

Stephan Schulberg

(uncredited)

Thelma Smallwood

(uncredited)