On screen
Cast
339 credited performers
Ralph Waite
John Walton Sr.
Jon Walmsley
Jason Walton
Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Erin Walton
David W. Harper
Jim-Bob Walton
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Narrator
Eric Scott
Ben Walton
Kami Cotler
Elizabeth Walton
Joe Conley
Ike Godsey
Judy Norton
Mary Ellen Walton
Michael Learned
Olivia Walton
Ellen Corby
Esther Walton
Will Geer
Grandfather Walton
Richard Thomas
John Walton Jr.
John Crawford
Sheriff Ep Bridges
Mary Jackson
Emily Baldwin
Helen Kleeb
Mamie Baldwin
Tom Bower
Rex Barker
Nora Marlowe
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Lynn Hamilton
Verdie Grant Foster
Robert Donner
Yancy Tucker
John Ritter
Rev. Matthew Fordwick
Victor Izay
Dr. Matthew Vance
Wilford Brimley
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Cindy Eilbacher
Martha Rose Coverdale
Lewis Arquette
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Tony Becker
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Dorothy Shay
Thelma
James Gammon
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Mariclare Costello
Miss Rosemary Hunter
Art Gilmore
Radio Host (voice)
Hal Williams
Harley Foster
Hank Stohl
Radio Announcer / The Lieutenant
Deirdre Lenihan
Daisy Garner
David Doremus
G.W. Haines
Sheila Allen
Fanny Tatum
Britt Leach
Easy Jackson
Rance Howard
Dr. McIvers
Lynn Carlin
Sara Griffith Bridges
William Schallert
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Ivor Francis
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John Carter
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Arthur Tovey
Faculty Member (uncredited)
William Phipps
The Bus Driver
David Clarke
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Jay Robinson
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Walter Brooke
Mr. Clarence Johnson
Robert Sorrells
Older Son
Diana Douglas
Mrs. Denman
Marshall Reed
John Curtis Willard
Ted Jordan
Carpenter
Kathleen Quinlan
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Russ Marin
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Todd Bridges
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Michael O'Keefe
Chad Marshall
Melody Thomas Scott
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Noble Willingham
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Sissy Spacek
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Ancel Cook
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George D. Wallace
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Peter Fox
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Teddy Wilson
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Richard Gilliland
Arlington Wescott 'Jonesy' Jones
Richard Eastham
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Jonathan Frakes
Ashley Longworth Jr.
Regis Cordic
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Don Matheson
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Eduard Franz
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Hal Bokar
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David Huddleston
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Allyn Ann McLerie
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Steve Shaw
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Tim Haldeman
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Deborah White
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Byron Morrow
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Morgan Stevens
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Sian Barbara Allen
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Bruce Davison
Bob Hill
Beulah Bondi
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Linda Purl
Vanessa
Ted Eccles
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Ellen Geer
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Dick Sargent
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Todd Susman
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Doreen Lang
Mrs. Baker
Dave Shelley
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Richard Hatch
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Cindy Fisher
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Robert S. Woods
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Morgan Woodward
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George Tobias
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Diane Shalet
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Garry Walberg
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Russ Grieve
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Nadyne Turney
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Bill Erwin
Senator Rogers
Bettye Ackerman
Belle Becker
Macon McCalman
Deputy Sheriff
Peggy Rea
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Ethelreda Leopold
Party Guest (uncredited)
Billie Bird
Mrs. Cox
Virginia Gregg
Mrs. Butterworth
Ed Call
Electric Company Man
Alice Hirson
Jane Stephens
Dee Carroll
Mady Vance
George Chandler
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Stacey Nelkin
Mary Frances Conover
Michael Conrad
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Ford Rainey
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Wayne Northrop
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Alley Mills
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Meg Wyllie
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Dennis Dugan
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Linda Watkins
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Burt Prelutsky
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Kym Karath
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Paul Michael Glaser
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Catherine Burns
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T.K. Carter
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Daniel Petrie
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Helen Page Camp
Allie
Joseph Bernard
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Scott Hylands
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Ronnie Claire Edwards
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Stephen Collins
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Deanna Lund
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Matt Clark
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Peggy McCay
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Brion James
Henry Ferris Jr.
Jackie Earle Haley
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Granville Van Dusen
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Cleavon Little
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Lisa Lindgren
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Richard X. Slattery
Clyde "Preacher" Harroway
Paul Linke
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Jared Martin
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Joyce Jameson
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Elizabeth Rogers
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Dean Jagger
Professor Bowen
Abby Dalton
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Wyatt Knight
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Henry Darrow
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David Hinton
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Jonathan Banks
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Vickery Turner
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Conrad Janis
Judge Graham Thornbury
Vicki Lovine
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Molly Dodd
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John Fink
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Ed Lauter
Hyder Rudge
Ron Howard
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Victor French
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Madge Sinclair
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Tommy Leonetti
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David Ankrum
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Denver Pyle
Cousin Homer Lee Baldwin
Richard Bradford
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Lanna Saunders
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Mark Miller
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Gary Vinson
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David Selby
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Joanna Moore
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Willie Aames
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Susan Blu
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Ned Bellamy
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Lee Philips
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Mary Jo Catlett
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Charlotte Stewart
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Billy Barty
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Noah Keen
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Leonard Stone
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James Saito
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Alvy Moore
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Nicholas Hammond
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Dick Christie
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Victor Argo
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Ned Beatty
Curtis Norton
Jenny Sullivan
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Marc McClure
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Dane Witherspoon
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Penelope Windust
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Mary Wickes
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Susan Krebs
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Bob Hastings
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Kelly Ward
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John Furlong
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Gary Imhoff
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Stephen Keep Mills
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Frank Ferguson
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Dennis Cross
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Jack Ging
Stuart Henry
Don Keefer
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Peter Donat
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Julie Cobb
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Amzie Strickland
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Lloyd Nolan
Cyrus Guthrie
Don Collier
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Moosie Drier
Georgie
James Karen
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Lee Purcell
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Tony Moran
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Barbara Tarbuck
Saleslady
Burton Gilliam
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Jon Lormer
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William Lucking
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Jason Wingreen
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Gary Tomlin
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Janet Julian
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Kin Shriner
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Elizabeth Harrower
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Kerry MacLane
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Lawrence Dobkin
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Geoffrey Lewis
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Ysabel MacCloskey
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Charles Hallahan
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Richard Masur
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Barry Miller
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John Beal
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Darleen Carr
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Hersha Parady
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Gloria Stuart
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Gino Conforti
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Radames Pera
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Patsy Garrett
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Archie Lang
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Sab Shimono
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Eldon Quick
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Ken Michelman
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Jordan Charney
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Richard Venture
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Jordan Clarke
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Ross Elliott
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Lucille Benson
Tilly Shanks
Virginia Capers
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Bruce French
Beau Pauley
Queenie Smith
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Vernon Washington
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George Dzundza
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Arthur Space
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Booth Colman
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Kevin Michael Richardson
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Roger Price
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Beeson Carroll
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Don 'Red' Barry
Deputy Sheriff
Laurence Lau
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Lisa Eilbacher
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Robert Dryer
Tom Hurley
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Kathy Seals
Gary Grubbs
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Harry Basch
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Enrique Castillo
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Eddie Firestone
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Jeff Maxwell
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Sandy Kenyon
Willis
K Callan
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Celia Lovsky
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Merle Haggard
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Robert Karnes
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Richard Lineback
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Robert Rockwell
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Dick Whittington
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Angela Greene
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Lin McCarthy
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Steve Eastin
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Paul Fix
Senator Lucas Avery
George DiCenzo
Calvin Satterfield
Jimmy Nickerson
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Alan Fudge
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Michael McGreevey
Hobart 'Hobie' Shank
Arthur Franz
Police Chief Moresdale
Gregory Sierra
Volta
Collin Wilcox Paxton
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Herb Armstrong
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Mitzi Hoag
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Dana Elcar
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Paulene Myers
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Arthur Malet
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Craig Huxley
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Fran Ryan
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Peter Brandon
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Shawn Shea
Norma Lee
Julie Gibson
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Scott McCartor
Beaumont
Jonathan B. Woodward
Young Boy (as Jonathan Woodward)
Jack O'Leary
Mac
Lew Horn
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Greg Mabrey
Bellhop
Bob Stephens
Robber #1
Richard Kelton
Anson Collier
Lew Palter
Personnell Director
Kip Niven
Rev. Tom Marshall
Neva Patterson
Aunt Kate Grover Daly
Dan Frazer
Col. Henry Brunson
Len Wayland
Mr. Gentry
Dorothy Neumann
Fanny Tatum
Pippa Scott
Alvira Drummond
Jean Allison
Louise Haines
Herbert Anderson
Mr. Bennett
M. Emmet Walsh
David Fletcher
Audrey Christie
Zelda Maynard
F. William Parker
Man #2
Bill Quinn
Senator Burgess
Mills Watson
Mr. Blake
Pamela McMyler
Betty Howell
Bob Harks
Church Member (uncredited)
Warren Vanders
Ham Denby
Bob Bralver
Robber #2
Mike Lally
Counterman (uncredited)
Noah Beery Jr.
Charlie Harmon
John Karlen
Rev. Ezekiel L. Henshaw
Jean Howell
Mrs. Lillian Spencer
David Frankham
Neville Chamberlain (voice)
Stanley Grover
Bill Snyder
Ivan Bonar
Dr. Haley
Paul Sorensen
Buck Higgins
William Lanteau
Salesman
Gilman Rankin
Henry Cottle
Ernie Lively
Railroad Conductor
Basil Hoffman
Prof Ranney
John Mitchum
Announcer
Lewis Charles
Eddie Stoker
Wayne Heffley
Carl Muntner
Deborah Richter
Darlene Jarvis
Donald Moffat
Lester Morgan
Kenneth Tigar
Clem Beal
Jean Marsh
Hilary von Kleist
Linda Marsh
Fern Lockwood
Ann Noland
Amy Partridge
Sam Gilman
Mr. Miller
Morgan Paull
Frank Taylor
William Bramley
Matt Beckwith
Warren J. Kemmerling
Eustace Madden
Corbin Bernsen
Casey
Tom Anfinsen
Townsman (uncredited)
Lennie Weinrib
Spanky
Charles Haid
Fred
C. Lindsay Workman
Mr. Patterson
Daniel Levins
Kyle Jeffers
Iggie Wolfington
Polonius Baldwin
Jeanette Nolan
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