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Directed By
Mark Rydell
Written By
William Dale Jennings
novel / screenplay
Irving Ravetch
screenplay
Harriet Frank Jr.
screenplay
Cast
John Wayne
Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
Long Hair / Asa Watts
Colleen Dewhurst
Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.
Fats - Cowboy
Nicolas Beauvy
Dan - Cowboy
Steve Benedict
Steve - Cowboy
Robert Carradine
Slim Honeycutt - Cowboy
Norman Howell
Weedy - Cowboy
Stephen R. Hudis
Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy
Sean Kelly
Stuttering Bob - Cowboy
A Martinez
Cimarron - Cowboy
Clay O'Brien
Hardy Fimps - Cowboy
Sam O'Brien
Jimmy Phillips - Cowboy
Mike Pyeatt
Homer Weems - Cowboy
Slim Pickens
Anse Peterson
Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
Stonemason
Sarah Cunningham
Annie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerie
Ellen Price
Maggie Costain
Phoebe
Matt Clark
Smiley
Jerry Gatlin
Howdy
Walter Scott
Okay
Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams
Wallace Brooks
Red Tucker
Charise Cullin
Elizabeth
Collette Poeppel
Rosemary
Norman Howell Sr.
Jim's Father
Rita Hudis
Charlie's Mother
Margaret Kelly
Bob's Mother
Larry Randles
Ben
Larry Finley
Jake
Jim Burk
Pete
Fred Brookfield
Rustler
Tap Canutt
Rustler
Chuck Courtney
Rustler
Gary Epper
Rustler
Tony Epper
Rustler
Kent Hays
Rustler
Glenn Randall Jr.
Rustler
Henry Wills
Rustler
Joe Yrigoyen
Rustler
Ivan Brutsche
Towns Person
Ralph Volkie
Ralphie
Produced By
Mark Rydell
producer
Tim Zinnemann
associate producer
Music
John Williams
Cinematography
Robert Surtees
director of photography
Sound
Richard Portman
re-recording
Kay Rose
sound editor
Jack Solomon
sound
John Ferguson
radio man
Joe Kenworthy
cable person
Don MacDougall
re-recording mixer
Al Yaylian
boom operator
Editing
Neil Travis
Casting Director
Lynn Stalmaster
Production Design
Philip M. Jefferies
Production Designer
Set Design
William Kiernan
Costumes
Anthea Sylbert
Makeup
Pat Abbott
hair stylist
Dave Grayson
makeup artist
Emile LaVigne
makeup artist
Special Effects
Daniel Hays
special effects
George Peckham
special effects
Assistant Director
Robert 'Buzz' Henry
second unit director
Tim Zinnemann
assistant director
Jerry Ballew
trainee assistant director
Frederic W. Brost
second assistant director
Dick Moder
first assistant director: second unit
Andy Siegel
second assistant director
Production Management
Nate H. Edwards
production manager
Dick Moder
unit production manager
Art Department
Robert Schultz
property master
Jose Abrignani
plasterer
Henry Alvarado
laborer
Ray Barone
painter
Frank L. Brown
set dresser
Joe Butterworth
greensman
Joseph De Franco
constructor
Albert Ellis
construction gang boss
Hayes Ewing
constructor
Guy Faria
constructor
Frank Hafemann
construction foreman
Oscar Hall
constructor
Buck Hawkins
construction coordinator
Jack Jancich
painter
John Jensen
illustrator
Maurice Larson
painter
Ben Massi
painter
Ed Mulay
second props
Angel Perez
constructor
Bob Stahler
assistant art director
Weston Webb
constructor
Marty Wunderlich
third props
Stunts
Floyd Baze
stunt double
Fred Brookfield
stunts
Jim Burk
stunts
Tap Canutt
stunts
Bill Catching
stunt double Bruce Dern / stunts
Chuck Courtney
stunts
Gary Epper
stunts
Tony Epper
stunts
Jerry Gatlin
stunts
Kent Hays
stunts
Robert 'Buzz' Henry
stunt coordinator / stunts
Norman Howell
stunts
Walt La Rue
stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.
stunts
Larry Randles
stunts
Chuck Roberson
stunt double: John Wayne / stunts
Walter Scott
stunts
Casey Tibbs
stunts
Buddy Van Horn
stunts
Henry Wills
stunts
Walter Wyatt
fight double John Wayne / stunts
Joe Yrigoyen
stunts
Editorial
Robert Swink
supervising film editor
Skip Nicholson
laboratory: Technicolor
Other
Red Burns
riding instructor
Phill Norman
title designer
Joan Arnold
production secretary
Harold Bates
wrangler
Jack Casey
unit publicist
Joe Catalfo
first aid
Wayne Cutlip
Wrangler
Marty Dark
timekeeper
Robert Davenport
wrangler
James W. Gavin
helicopter pilot
Rolly Harper
caterer
Billy Jones
ramrod
Gordon G. Jones
wrangler
Ray Kennedy
wrangler
Frank D. Lane
wrangler
Joe Lomax Sr.
wrangler
Stanley Mark
auditor: Sanford
Gene O'Brien
wrangler
Paul Ray
wrangler
Buddy Sherwood
wrangler
Nanette Siegert
secretary: Mark Rydell
Music Department
Donald Harris
music editor
John Audino
musician: trumpet
Robert Bain
musician: guitar
Israel Baker
musician: violin
Arnold Belnick
musician: violin
Ray Brown
musician: bass
Larry Bunker
musician: percussion
James Decker
musician: french horn
Joseph Difiore
musician: viola
David Duke
musician: french horn
John Ellis
musician: oboe
Dominick Fera
musician: clarinet
Carl Fortina
musician: accordion
Sam Freed Jr.
musician: violin
Ralph Grierson
musician: piano
Maurie Harris
musician: trumpet
Norman Herzburg
musician: bassoon
William Hinshaw
musician: french horn
The Hollywood Studio Symphony
music performed by
Tommy Johnson
musician: tuba
Anatol Kaminsky
musician: violin
Artie Kane
musician: piano
Armand Kaproff
musician: cello
Nathan Kaproff
musician: violin
Milton Kestenbaum
musician: bass
Myra Kestenbaum
musician: viola
Manny Klein
musician: trumpet
Jacob Krachmalnick
musician: violin
Raphael Kramer
musician: cello
Bernard Kundell
musician: violin
Abe Luboff
musician: bass
Alfred Lustgarten
musician: violin
Edgar Lustgarten
musician: cello
Virginia Majewski
musician: viola
Shelly Manne
musician: drums
Jack Marsh
musician: bassoon
Peter Mercurio
musician: bass
Tommy Morgan
musician: harmonica
Richard Nash
musician: trombone
Dick Noel
musician: trombone
Richard Perissi
musician: french horn
Dorothy Remsen
musician: harp
Meyer Rubin
musician: bass
David Schwartz
musician: viola
Frederick Seykora
musician: cello
Paul Shure
musician: violin
Eleanor Slatkin
musician: cello
Sheridon Stokes
musician: flute
Milton Thomas
musician: viola
Louise Di Tullio
musician: flute
Dan Wallin
music scoring mixer
Ken Watson
musician: percussion
Jerry Williams
musician: percussion
John Williams
conductor
Kurt E. Wolff
orchestra contractor
Graham Young
musician: trumpet
Tibor Zelig
musician: violin
Costume Department
Luster Bayless
costumer: John Wayne
Lambert Marks
costumer
Neva Rames
costumer: women
G. Tony Scarano
costumer
Camera Department
Glen Bird
gaffer
James R. Connell
camera operator
Armando Contreras
grip
Bill Krattiger
lighting technician
Don Lambert
key grip
Terry K. Meade
camera operator
Richard Barth
first assistant camera
Mark H. Davis
photographer: second unit
Edward Morey III
second assistant camera
Gregory Nowak
second grip
Dave Sutton
special photographer
Mel Traxel
still photographer
Joseph M. Wilcots
first assistant camera
Robert Willoughby
special still photographer
Location Management
Bill Gallant
location manager
George Leslie
location auditor
Script Department
Bob Forrest
script supervisor
Lester Hoyle
script supervisor: second unit
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