Joseph H. Lewis	...	(Director)
MacKinlay Kantor	...	(Writer)
Peggy Cummins	...	Annie Laurie Starr
John Dall	...	Bart Tare
Audrey Totter	...	Julie
George Tobias	...	Tiny
Berry Kroeger	...	Packett
Alan Baxter	...	Little Boy
Morris Carnovsky	...	Judge Willoughby
Wallace Ford	...	Gus
Anabel Shaw	...	Ruby Tare
Percy Helton	...	Red
Harry Lewis	...	Sheriff Clyde Boston
Hal Baylor	...	Tiger Nelson (as Hal Fieberling)
Nedrick Young	...	Dave Allister
Trevor Bardette	...	Sheriff Boston
Darryl Hickman	...	Shanley
Russ Tamblyn	...	Bart Tare (age 14)
Kenny O'Morrison	...	Moore
Mickey Little	...	Bart Tare (age 7)
James Edwards	...	Luther Hawkins
Paul Frison	...	Clyde Boston (age 14)
David Clarke	...	Gunboat Johnson
Phillip Pine	...	Souza
David Bair	...	Dave Allister (age 7) (as Dave Bair)
Stanley Prager	...	Bluey-Bluey
Edwin Max	...	Danny
Virginia Farmer	...	Miss Wynn
Anne O'Neal	...	Miss Augustine Sifert
Dick Powell	...
Claire Trevor	...
Robert Ryan	...	Stoker
Frances Irvin	...	Danceland Singer (as Frances Irwin)
Robert Osterloh	...	Hampton Policeman
Shimen Ruskin	...	Cab Driver
Harry Hayden	...	Mr. Mallenberg
Russell Harlan	...	Cinematographer
Harry W. Gerstad	...	Film Editor
Tom Lambert	...	Sound Department
Victor Young	...	Composer
Gordon Wiles	...	Production Designer
Raymond Boltz Jr.	...	Set Decorator
Carla Hadley	...	hair stylist
Frank Heath	...	Assistant Director

Summary: Since he was a child, Bart Tare has always loved guns. After leaving the army, his friends take him to a carnival, where he meets the perfect girl, Annie, a sharp-shooting sideshow performer who loves guns as much as he. The two run off and marry, but Annie isn't happy with their financial situation, so at her behest the couple begins a crosscountry string of daring robberies. Never one to use guns for killing, Bart is dragged down into oblivion by the greedy and violent nature of the woman he loves.