Cast & Crew

Directed by

Irving Pichel

Writing Credits

Kathryn Scola
(screenplay) and
Julien Josephson
(screenplay)
MacKinlay Kantor
(from the novel by)

Cast

Don Ameche
Lew Marsh
Frances Dee
Agnes Marsh
Harry Carey
Gramp
Ann Rutherford
Lenore Prentiss
Cara Williams
Gretchen Barry
Richard Crane
Russell 'Rusty' Marsh
Harry Morgan
Anton 'Tony' Cavrek
Minor Watson
Judge Colvin
Dickie Moore
Peter Orcutt
June Preston
Mrs. Prentiss daughter
Richard Abbott
Reverend Wood
Jackie Averill
Tod
Walter Baldwin
Jake Hibbs
Joseph E. Bernard
Clerk
Lillian Bronson
Mattie Dyer
Marjorie Cooley
Teacher
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Mrs. Schneider
John Dilson
Charles Clayton
Ned Dobson Jr.
Jackie
Robert Dudley
Old Man Bowers
Elvin Field
Joe
Reed Hadley
Off-Screen Narrator
Darla Hood
Lenore Prentiss - Age 12
Milton Kibbee
Shep Wayne
Pass Le Noir
Dr. Hammond
Terry Masengale
Arch
Edwin Mills
Bud
Matt Moore
Mr. Prentiss
Roseanne Murray
Mrs. Velma Jacobson
William J. O'Brien
Chris - Drugstore Counterman
Oscar O'Shea
Father Case
Larry Olsen
Rusty - Age 5
Irving Pichel
Radio Announcer
Aileen Pringle
Mrs. Prentiss
Juanita Quigley
Sally Pierce
James J. Smith
Everett Moore
Houseley Stevenson
Sam Watson
Tom Stevenson
Mr. MacMurray
Ferris Taylor
Mayor
Bernard Thomas
Sam Kendall
Larry Thompson
Andy Jacobson
William Weber
Bill Beecher
Paul Weigel
Pop Schmidt
James West
Rusty - Ages 12 to 16
Leigh Whipper
Old Ben
Mary Wickes
Emmy
Natalie Wood
Little Girl Who Drops Ice Cream Cone

Produced by

Kenneth Macgowan
producer

Music by

Cyril J. Mockridge

Cinematography by

Joseph LaShelle
director of photography (as Joseph La Shaelle)

Editing by

Dorothy Spencer

Art Direction by

James Basevi
J. Russell Spencer
(as Russell Spencer)

Set Decoration by

Thomas Little

Costume Design by

René Hubert

Makeup Department

Guy Pearce
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Arthur Jacobson
assistant director

Art Department

Fred J. Rode
associate set decorator

Sound Department

Roger Heman Sr.
sound (as Roger Heman)
E. Clayton Ward
sound

Visual Effects by

Fred Sersen
special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Mala
assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

Emil Newman
musical director
Arthur Morton
orchestrator (uncredited)
Alfred Newman
composer: additional music (uncredited)
David Raksin
orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Harry Brand
director of publicity (uncredited)
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