Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
Richard Barthelmess
Marvin Blake
Dorothy Jordan
Betty Wright
Bette Davis
Madge Norwood
Hardie Albright
Roland Neal
David Landau
Tom Blake
Berton Churchill
Lane Norwood
Dorothy Peterson
Lilly Blake
Russell Simpson
Uncle Joe
Tully Marshall
Slick
Henry B. Walthall
Eph Clinton
Edmund Breese
Holmes Scott
John Marston
Russell Carter
Erville Alderson
Sock Fisher
William Le Maire
Jake Fisher
Clarence Muse
A Blind Negro
Frank Austin
Tenant Farmer (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Virginia Hammond
Miriam Norwood (uncredited)
Florine McKinney
Liza Blake (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Ezzy Daniels (uncredited)
Libby Taylor
Norwood's Maid (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz
Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Apr 6, 1941
Feb 17, 1999
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First National Pictures
US
United States
English