▁Mc Co y ▁ ▁Richard ▁Base hart ▁as ▁Mount s ▁Hat field ▁ ▁Marshall ▁Thompson ▁as ▁Tol bert ▁Mc Co y ▁ ▁Lloyd ▁G ough ▁as ▁Ph amer ▁Mc Co y ▁ ▁Peter ▁Mil es ▁as ▁Little ▁Rand all ▁Mc Co y ▁ ▁Arthur ▁Franz ▁as ▁Th ad ▁Wil kins ▁ ▁Hope ▁Em erson ▁as ▁Le vis a ▁Hat field ▁ ▁G igi ▁Per re au ▁as ▁All if air ▁Mc Co y ▁ ▁Al ine ▁Mac M ah on ▁as ▁Sar ie ▁Mc Co y ▁ ▁Frank ▁Fer g us on ▁as ▁Ell ison ▁Hat field ▁ ▁Elisabeth ▁F ras er ▁as ▁B ess ▁Mc Co y ▁ ▁Production ▁Samuel ▁Gold w yn ▁originally ▁had ▁commission ed ▁screen writer ▁John ▁Col lier ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁project ▁for ▁Far ley ▁Gr anger ▁and ▁C ath y ▁O ' D onn ell , ▁but ▁when ▁O ' D onn ell ▁married ▁William ▁Wy ler ' s ▁older ▁brother , ▁the ▁producer ▁- ▁still ▁res ent ing ▁the ▁fact ▁Wy ler ▁had ▁left ▁Samuel ▁Gold w yn ▁Produ ctions ▁to ▁form ▁his ▁own ▁production ▁company ▁- ▁felt ▁bet rayed ▁and ▁replaced ▁her ▁with ▁new com er ▁Joan ▁Evans . ▁Un be known st ▁to ▁him , ▁the ▁girl ' s ▁parents ▁had ▁added ▁two ▁years ▁to ▁her ▁age ▁and ▁she ▁was ▁only ▁four teen ▁when ▁film ing ▁began . ▁ ▁Gr anger ▁was ▁pleased ▁with ▁the ▁initial ▁draft ▁of ▁the ▁script , ▁which ▁had ▁en hanced ▁the ▁story ▁with ▁under curr ents ▁of ▁w itch