Ben Gazzara

John Resko

Stuart Whitman

Principal Keeper

Ray Walston

Iggy

Vincent Price

Carl Carmer

Rod Steiger

Tiptoes

Broderick Crawford

Warden

Dodie Stevens

Resko's Sister

Jack Kruschen

Resko's Father

Sammy Davis Jr.

Wino

Naomi Stevens

Resko's Mother

Adam Williams

Guard

Jack Albertson

Teach

John Kellogg

Guard

Robert H. Harris

Commissioner

Carmen Phillips

Connie Resko

Millard Kaufman