Victor McLaglen
as Red Will Danaher/Squire Danaher
Ward Bond
as Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator
Jack MacGowran
as Feeney
John Wayne
as Sean Thornton
Maureen O'Hara
as Mary Kate Danaher
Barry Fitzgerald
as Michaleen Flynn
Mildred Natwick
as The Widow Sarah Tillane
Arthur Shields
as Reverend Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair