Kim Stanley
— Emily Ann Faulkner (Rita Shawn)
Lloyd Bridges
— Dutch Seymour
Patty Duke
— Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)
Bert Freed
— Lester Brackman
Joan Copeland
— Alice Marie
Betty Lou Holland
— Mrs. Laureen Faulkner
Steven Hill
— John Tower
Gerald Hiken
— George
Elizabeth Wilson
— Harding
Joanne Linville
— Joanna
Gail Haworth
— Emily's Daughter
Joyce Van Patten
— Hillary
Louise Beavers
— The Cook
Gerald Petrarca
— The Minister
Werner Klemperer
— Joe Wilsey
Burt Brinckerhoff
— The Boy
Margaret Brayton
— Mrs. Woolsy (uncredited)
Curt Conway
— The Writer (uncredited)
Fred Herrick
— The Elder (uncredited)
Donald McKee
— R.M. Lucas (uncredited)
Mike O'Dowd
— First Man (uncredited)
Sid Raymond
— Second Man (uncredited)
David White
— Burt Harris (uncredited)