<P> The film is notable for being the first big - budget western since 1930's widescreen John Wayne spectacle The Big Trail, to show pioneers lowering a wagon train over a cliff with ropes . </P> <P> This was the second time that Mitchum and Douglas appeared in a film together since Out of the Past in 1947, after "The List of Adrian Messenger" in 1963 . Douglas had previously filmed another A.B. Guthrie novel, The Big Sky . </P> <P> Filming took place in Tucson, Arizona, and various places in Oregon, including Bend and Crooked River Gorge . </P> <Ul> <Li> Kirk Douglas as Sen. William J. Tadlock </Li> <Li> Robert Mitchum as Dick Summers </Li> <Li> Richard Widmark as Lije Evans </Li> <Li> Lola Albright as Rebecca Evans </Li> <Li> Jack Elam as Preacher Weatherby </Li> <Li> Michael Witney as Johnnie Mack </Li> <Li> Sally Field as Mercy McBee </Li> <Li> Stubby Kaye as Sam Fairman </Li> <Li> Katherine Justice as Amanda Mack </Li> <Li> Michael McGreevey as Brownie Evans </Li> <Li> Connie Sawyer as Mrs. McBee </Li> <Li> Harry Carey, Jr. as Mr. McBee </Li> <Li> Paul Lukather as Mr. Turley </Li> <Li> Eve McVeagh as Mrs. Masters </Li> <Li> Paul Wexler as Barber (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Sam Elliott as Missouri Townsman (uncredited) </Li> </Ul>

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