Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobias Brown.
Brandon De Wilde
as Byron Turner
Lee Marvin
as Tobias Brown
Gary Merrill
as Doyle Magee
Paul Ford
as Finas Daugherty
Mary Hosford
as Anne Love Price
Ken Curtis
as Fred Mueller
Frank Cady
as Willie Poole
Cal Tinney
as Clyde Hamilton, the baker
Mary Field
as Nelda Hamilton
Kathleen Freeman
as Serena Poole
Will Wright
as Sheriff Marvin Peavy
Barry Curtis
as Jimmy Price