An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.
Joel McCrea
Josiah Doziah Gray
Ellen Drew
Harriet Gray
Dean Stockwell
John Kenyon
Alan Hale
Jed Isbell
Lewis Stone
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
James Mitchell
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.
Amanda Blake
Faith Radmore Samuels
Juano Hernández
Uncle Famous Prill
Charles Kemper
Prof. Sam Houston Jones
Connie Gilchrist
Sarah Isbell
Ed Begley
Lon Backett
Jack Lambert
Perry Lokey
Arthur Hunnicutt
Chloroform Wiggins
Marshall Thompson
Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
James Arness
Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
Mrs. Belsher (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
Jed Isbell (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)
Edmund Glover
Clyde Chapman (uncredited)
Jessica Grayson
Bessie - Maid (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
Ned (uncredited)
Patricia Miller
Mrs. Chapman (uncredited)
Rhea Mitchell
Mrs. Backett (uncredited)
Norman Ollestad
Chase Isbell (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Bartender (uncredited)
Ben Watson
Gene Caldwell (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Thad Carroll (uncredited)
Eula Guy
Townswoman (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
Annie (voice) (uncredited)
Al Bain
Townsman (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Helen Brown
Matilda Caldwell
Robert Cherry
Bill Clauson
Cade Isbell (uncredited)
Fred Datig Jr.
Helen Eby-Rock
Ralph Hodges
Tom Isbell (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Dick Johnstone
Al Kunde
Baron James Lichter
Mathew McCue
Philo McCullough
Jimmy Moss
Bobby Sam Carroll (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne
Frank Pharr
James Pierce
Carl Pitti
Alice Richey
Buddy Roosevelt
Phil Schumacher
Tex Terry
Jack Tornek
Barfly (uncredited)
Connie Van
Howard M. Mitchell
Jacques Tourneur
Director
William H. Wright
Producer
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US
United States
English