A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice, overcomes his psychological aversion to violence after his elder brother unjustly censures him for not joining in a foolhardy gunfight in which their youngest brother is killed.
Fred MacMurray
as Will Keough
Jeffrey Hunter
as Bless Keough
Janice Rule
as Aud Niven
Chill Wills
as Loving
Dean Stockwell
as Hade (Harry) Keough
Josephine Hutchinson
as Madame Keough
Betty Lynn
as Claire
Iron Eyes Cody
as Chief
Robert F. Hoy
as Danny
Jane Howard
as Marie
Marjorie Stapp
as Rose
John Larch
as Stringer