A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.
Will Rogers Jr.
as Sheriff Tom Brewster
Nancy Olson
as Katie Brannigan
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
Anthony Caruso
as Barney Turlock
Slim Pickens
as Shorty
Wallace Ford
as Walter "Wally" Higgins
Merv Griffin
as Steve
Clem Bevans
as Amiel "Pop" Pruty
Louis Jean Heydt
as Paul Evans
Sheb Wooley
as Pete Martin
Tyler MacDuff
as Billy the Kid
James Griffith
as Joe Downey