Alan Ladd (Shane), Jean Arthur (Marian Starrett), Van Heflin (Joe Starrett), Jack Palance (Jack Wilson), Brandon de Wilde (Joey Starrett), Ben Johnson (Chris Calloway), Edgar Buchanan (Fred Lewis), Emile Meyer (Rufus Ryker), Elisha Cook jr. (Stonewall Torrey), Douglas Spencer (Axel 'Swede' Shipstead), John Dierkes (Morgan Ryker), Ellen Corby (Mrs. Liz Torrey), Paul McVey (Sam Grafton), John Miller (Will Atkey - Barkeeper), Howard Negley (Yank Potts), Henry Wills (Ryker-Mann), George J. Lewis (Ryker-Mann), Edith Evanson (Mrs. Shipstead), Nancy Kulp (Mrs. Howells), Leonard Strong (Ernie Wright), Ray Spiker (Axel Johnson - Kleinfarmer), Beverly Washburn (Ruth Lewis), Janice Carroll (Susan Lewis), Helen Brown (Martha Lewis)