"The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change."
Frank Morgan
as Robert Yancey
Kathryn Grayson
as Rebecca Yancey
Spring Byington
as Rosa Yancey
Natalie Thompson
as Margaret Yancey
Johnny Mitchell
as James Weldon 'Shirley (as Douglass Newland)
Mark Daniels
as Jack Holden
Elizabeth Patterson
as Grandma
Juanita Quigley
as Caroline Yancey
Scotty Beckett
as Joel Yancey
Dickie Jones
as Robert Yancey, Jr.
Leigh Whipper
as Uncle Josh
Louise Beavers
as Aunt Emmeline
J.M. Kerrigan
as John Phelps
Harlan Briggs
as Mr. Rogard
Katharine Alexander
as Marcia Marshall
Frank Borzage
Director
Jan Fortune
Screenplay
Edwin H. Knopf
Producer
Rebecca Yancey Williams
Book
Lennie Hayton
Music Director
Jester Hairston
Music Arranger
Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Robert Kalloch
Wardrobe Designer
Gile Steele
Costume Design
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
James E. Newcom
Editor
David Snell
Music Score Producer