Bert Remsen
Crutch

Bonnie Leaders
Margaret

Burt Lancaster
Ned Buntline

Denver Pyle
McLaughlin

Evelyn Lear
Nina Cavalini

Frank Kaquitts
Sitting Bull

Geraldine Chaplin
Annie Oakley

Harvey Keitel
Ed Goodman

Humphrey Gratz
Vieux soldat

Joel Grey
Nate Salisbury, partenaire de Cody

John Considine
Frank Butler

Kevin McCarthy
Maj. John M. Burke, agent de presse

Noelle Rogers
Lucille DuCharme

Pat McCormick
President Grover Cleveland

Paul Newman
William F. «Buffalo Bill» Cody

Robert DoQui
Oswald Dart

Shelley Duvall
Mrs. Cleveland

Will Sampson
William Halsey, porte-parole de Sitting Bull