Cast & Crew

Directed by

Richard Thorpe

Writing Credits

Paul Gallico
(based upon: the Cosmopolitan Magazine story by)
Allen Rivkin
(screen play)

Cast

Robert Young
Joe Smith
Marsha Hunt
Mary Smith
Harvey Stephens
Freddie Dunhill
Darryl Hickman
Johnny Smith
Jonathan Hale
Blake McKettrick
Noel Madison
Schricker
Don Costello
Mead
Joseph Anthony
Conway
William Forrest
August 'Gus' Stoffen
Russell Hicks
Mr. Edgerton
Mark Daniels
Pete
William Tannen
Eddie
Dorothy Adams
Nurse
Ernie Alexander
Aircraft Plant Worker
Billy Bletcher
Police Radio Broadcaster
Hubert Brill
Card Player in Waiting Room
John Butler
Elias Canfield
George M. Carleton
Doctor Treating Joe at Home
Cliff Clark
Police Captain
Cliff Danielson
Sammy - Joe's Friend in Flashback
Helen Dickson
Schoolteacher
Frank Faylen
Man in Waiting Room with Matches
John Gallaudet
Capt. Jack Weldren
Ava Gardner
Undetermined Secondary Role
Eddie Hart
Security Guard at Aircraft Plant
Maynard Holmes
Boyd Sheldon, Draftee
Robert Homans
Old Man in Waiting Room
Mitchell Ingraham
Drugstore Owner
Selmer Jackson
Hospital Doctor
Gladden James
Edgerton's Secretary
Robert Kellard
Mel Lewis
Richard Kipling
Harry - Car Driver
Paul Kruger
First Police Driver
Warren McCollum
Aircraft Plant Worker
James Millican
Aircraft Plant Foreman
Frances Morris
Miss Maynard - McKettrick's Secretary
Philip Morris
Policeman Passenger
Kitty O'Neil
Mrs. Sheldon
Eddie Parker
Aircraft Plant Worker
Lee Phelps
Second Police Driver
Frances Raeburn
Daisy Knowlton
John Raitt
Aircraft Plant Worker
Connie Russell
Jane Babcock
James Seay
Roy - Aircraft Plant Worker
Edgar Sherrod
Minister
Al Trescony
Old Man's Son in Waiting Room
Dick Wessel
Aircraft Plant Worker

Produced by

Jack Chertok
producer
Harry Rapf
executive producer (uncredited)
Dore Schary
producer (uncredited)

Music by

Daniele Amfitheatrof
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

Charles Lawton Jr.
director of photography (as Charles Lawton)

Editing by

Elmo Veron
film editor

Art Direction by

Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

Edwin B. Willis
(set decorations)

Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup creator

Production Management

Art Smith
unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joseph Boyle
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Paul Groesse
associate art director

Sound Department

Douglas Shearer
recording director

Stunts

Eddie Parker
stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

Leonid Raab
orchestrator (uncredited)
David Snell
composer: stock music (uncredited)
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