"At the fiftieth anniversary of his town's founding, the town's first barber recalls his long-dead, spirited bride and the flaw in his own character that helped bring about her loss and several others."
Jean Peters
as Nellie Halper
David Wayne
as Ben Halper
Hugh Marlowe
as Ed Jordan
Albert Dekker
as Lloyd Slocum
Helene Stanley
as Eadie Jordan
Tommy Morton
as Benny Halper Jr.
Joyce Mackenzie
as Bessie Jordan
Alan Hale Jr.
as George Oliphant
Richard Karlan
as Mike Kava
Bill Walker
as Robert Waverly Ferris aka Trooper
Eugene Mazzola
as Benny Halper Jr. Aged 4
Merry Anders
as Adeline Halper
David Bauer
as Sam Eichenbogen
Noreen Corcoran
as Adeline Halper Aged 6
James Griffith
as Ollie
Maudie Prickett
as Mrs. Burdge
Warren Stevens
as McCauley
Dan White
as Doc Thomas
Robert Stevenson
as Officer (uncredited)
George Jessel
Producer
Allan Scott
Adaptation
Claude E. Carpenter
Set Decoration
Maxwell Shane
Writer
Maurice Ransford
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Ferdinand Reyher
Novel
Thomas Little
Renié
Costume Design
Henry King
Director
Barbara McLean
Editor
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Elaine Ramsey
Hairstylist