Set in the early 20th century, the film follows a game warden who arrives in Florida to enforce conservation laws. He soon finds himself pitted against Cottonmouth, the leader of a fierce group of bird poachers.
Cottonmouth
Burl Ives
Walt Murdock
Christopher Plummer
Naomi
Chana Eden
Mrs. Bradford
Gypsy Rose Lee
Beef
Tony Galento
Loser
Sammy Renick
Sawdust
Pat Henning
Writer
Peter Falk
Billy One-Arm
Cory Osceola
Bigamy Bob
Emmett Kelly
Judge Harris
MacKinlay Kantor
One-Note
Totch Brown
Aaron Nathanson
George Voskovec
Perfesser
Curt Conway
Windy
Sumner Williams
George Leggett
Howard Smith
Pianist (uncredited)
Rufus Beecham
Memory (uncredited)
Cynthia Betout
Thumbs (uncredited)
Brad Bradford
Joe Bottles (uncredited)
Toby Bruce
Slow Boy (uncredited)
Fred Holliday
(uncredited)
Joe Hunter
Mary Melon (uncredited)
Dorothy Rogers
(uncredited)
Sandra Schulberg
(uncredited)
Minella Jiras
(uncredited)
Sally Marlowe
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Marvin Miller
Suzy Billy (uncredited)
Mary Osceola
Roy Ozmer (uncredited)
Ray Osmer
Sheriff (uncredited)
Owen Pavitt
Mrs. Liggett (uncredited)
Mary Pennington
Ross Morgan (uncredited)
Frank Rothe
(uncredited)
David Schulberg
(uncredited)
Stephan Schulberg
(uncredited)
Thelma Smallwood