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Ralph Waite
John Walton Sr.
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Jon Walmsley
Jason Walton
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Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Erin Walton
- David W. Harper Jim-Bob Walton
- Earl Hamner, Jr. Narrator
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Eric Scott
Ben Walton
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Kami Cotler
Elizabeth Walton
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Joe Conley
Ike Godsey
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Judy Norton
Mary Ellen Walton
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Michael Learned
Olivia Walton
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Ellen Corby
Esther Walton
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Will Geer
Grandfather Walton
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Richard Thomas
John Walton Jr.
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John Crawford
Sheriff Ep Bridges
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Mary Jackson
Emily Baldwin
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Helen Kleeb
Mamie Baldwin
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Tom Bower
Dr. Curtis Willard / Rex Barker
- Nora Marlowe
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Lynn Hamilton
Verdie Grant Foster
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Robert Donner
Yancy Tucker
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John Ritter
Rev. Matthew Fordwick
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Victor Izay
Dr. Matthew Vance
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Wilford Brimley
Horace Brimley
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Cindy Eilbacher
Martha Rose Coverdale
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Lewis Arquette
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Tony Becker
- Dorothy Shay Thelma
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James Gammon
Zack Rosswell
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Mariclare Costello
Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick / Miss Rosemary Hunter / Mrs. Rosemary Fordwick (archive footage)
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Hal Williams
Harley Foster
- Hank Stohl Radio Announcer / The Lieutenant
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Art Gilmore
The Radio Announcer (voice) / Radio Host (voice) / Newscast Announcer (voice) / Newsreel Announcer (voice) / Radio Announcer (voice) / Poetry Pantry Announcer (voice)
- Deirdre Lenihan Daisy Garner
- David Doremus George William 'G.W.' Haines / G.W. Haines
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Sheila Allen
Fanny Tatum
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Britt Leach
Easy Jackson
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Rance Howard
Dr. McIvers
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Lynn Carlin
Eula Mae / Sara Griffith Bridges
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William Schallert
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Ivor Francis
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John Carter
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Arthur Tovey
Faculty Member (uncredited) / Contest Spectator (uncredited) / Restaurant Patron (uncredited) / Townsman (uncredited)
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William Phipps
John Martin Renshaw / Mel Parsons / The Bus Driver
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David Clarke
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Jay Robinson
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Walter Brooke
Mr. Clarence Johnson
- Robert Sorrells Older Son
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Diana Douglas
Mrs. Denman
- Marshall Reed John Curtis Willard
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Ted Jordan
Sturgeon Conners / Man at Bar / Carpenter
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Kathleen Quinlan
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Russ Marin
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Todd Bridges
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Michael O'Keefe
Chad Marshall
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Melody Thomas Scott
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Noble Willingham
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Sissy Spacek
- 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
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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
- 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
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Beulah Bondi
Martha Corinne
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Linda Purl
Vanessa
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Ted Eccles
- Ellen Geer
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Dick Sargent
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Todd Susman
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Doreen Lang
Mrs. Baker
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Dave Shelley
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Richard Hatch
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Cindy Fisher
- 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
Mr. Will Guffy
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Russ Grieve
- Nadyne Turney
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Bill Erwin
Senator Rogers
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Bettye Ackerman
Belle Becker
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Macon McCalman
Deputy Abe / Deputy Sheriff
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Peggy Rea
Rose Burton
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Ethelreda Leopold
Townswoman (uncredited) / Party Guest (uncredited)
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Billie Bird
Mrs. Cox / Shirley
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Virginia Gregg
Ada Corley / Mrs. Butterworth
- Ed Call Sgt. Norton / Electric Company Man
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Alice Hirson
Jane Stephens
- Dee Carroll Mady Vance
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George Chandler
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Stacey Nelkin
Mary Frances Conover
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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
- 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
- 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.
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Jackie Earle Haley
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Granville Van Dusen
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Cleavon Little
- Lisa Lindgren
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Richard X. Slattery
Clyde "Preacher" Harroway
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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
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Abby Dalton
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Wyatt Knight
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Henry Darrow
- 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
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Ron Howard
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Victor French
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Madge Sinclair
- Tommy Leonetti
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David Ankrum
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Denver Pyle
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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
- Ignatius Wolfington
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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
- 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
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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
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Don Collier
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Moosie Drier
Georgie
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James Karen
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Lee Purcell
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Tony Moran
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Barbara Tarbuck
Saleslady
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Burton Gilliam
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Jon Lormer
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William Lucking
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Jason Wingreen
- Gary Tomlin
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Janet Julian
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Kin Shriner
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Elizabeth Harrower
- Kerry MacLane
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Lawrence Dobkin
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Geoffrey Lewis
- 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
- Archie Lang
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Sab Shimono
- Eldon Quick
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Ken Michelman
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Jordan Charney
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Richard Venture
- Jordan Clarke
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Ross Elliott
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Lucille Benson
Tilly Shanks
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Virginia Capers
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Bruce French
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Queenie Smith
- 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
- Roger Price
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Beeson Carroll
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Don 'Red' Barry
Deputy Sheriff
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Laurence Lau
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Lisa Eilbacher
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Robert Dryer
Tom Hurley
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Kathy Seals
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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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Jeanette Nolan
- 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
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George DiCenzo
Calvin Satterfield
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Jimmy Nickerson
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Alan Fudge
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Michael McGreevey
Hobart 'Hobie' Shank
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Arthur Franz
Police Chief Moresdale
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Gregory Sierra
Volta
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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
- Shawn Shea Norma Lee
- Julie Gibson
- Scott McCartor Beaumont
- Jonathan B. Woodward Young Boy (as Jonathan Woodward)
- Jack O'Leary Mac
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Lew Horn
- Greg Mabrey Bellhop
- Bob Stephens Robber #1
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Richard Kelton
Anson Collier
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Lew Palter
Personnell Director
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Kip Niven
Rev. Tom Marshall
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Neva Patterson
Aunt Kate Grover Daly
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Dan Frazer
Col. Henry Brunson
- Len Wayland Mr. Gentry
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Dorothy Neumann
Fanny Tatum
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Pippa Scott
Alvira Drummond
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Jean Allison
Louise Haines
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Herbert Anderson
Mr. Bennett
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M. Emmet Walsh
David Fletcher
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Audrey Christie
Zelda Maynard
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F. William Parker
Man #2
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Bill Quinn
Senator Burgess
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Mills Watson
Mr. Blake
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Pamela McMyler
Betty Howell
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Bob Harks
Church Member (uncredited)
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Warren Vanders
Ham Denby
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Bob Bralver
Robber #2
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Mike Lally
Counterman (uncredited)
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Noah Beery Jr.
Charlie Harmon
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John Karlen
Rev. Ezekiel L. Henshaw
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Jean Howell
Mrs. Lillian Spencer
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David Frankham
Neville Chamberlain (voice)
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Stanley Grover
Bill Snyder
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Ivan Bonar
Dr. Haley
- Paul Sorensen Buck Higgins
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William Lanteau
Salesman
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Gilman Rankin
Henry Cottle
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Ernie Lively
Railroad Conductor
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Basil Hoffman
Prof Ranney
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John Mitchum
Announcer
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Lewis Charles
Eddie Stoker
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Wayne Heffley
Carl Muntner
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Deborah Richter
Darlene Jarvis
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Donald Moffat
Lester Morgan
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Kenneth Tigar
Clem Beal
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Jean Marsh
Hilary von Kleist
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Linda Marsh
Fern Lockwood
- Ann Noland Amy Partridge
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Sam Gilman
Mr. Miller
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Morgan Paull
Frank Taylor
- William Bramley Matt Beckwith
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Warren J. Kemmerling
Eustace Madden
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Corbin Bernsen
Casey
- Tom Anfinsen Townsman (uncredited)
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Lennie Weinrib
Spanky
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Charles Haid
Fred
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C. Lindsay Workman
Mr. Patterson
- Daniel Levins Kyle Jeffers