"Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes."
Louis Calhern
as Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ann Harding
as Fanny Bowditch Holmes
Eduard Franz
as Louis Brandeis
Philip Ober
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Ian Wolfe
as Adams
Edith Evanson
as Annie Gough
Herbert Anderson
as Baxter
Richard Anderson
as Reynolds
Jimmy Lydon
as Clinton
David Alpert
as Secretary (uncredited)
Arthur Anderson
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Board
Marshall Bradford
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
as Justice (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
as Senator (uncredited)
Lyle Clark
Dick Cogan
as Reporter (uncredited)
John Sturges
Director
Emmet Lavery
Screenplay
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Francis Biddle
Book
Joel Freeman
Assistant Director
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
David Raksin
Conductor
Addison Schaumer Jr.
Jack Jackson
Stand In
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Leo Arnaud
Myra Jones
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
John Truwe
Robert Franklyn
Theatre Play
Jack D. Moore
Art Direction
Walter Coughlin
Cedric Gibbons
Arthur Lonergan
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Armand Deutsch
Producer
Original Music Composer
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Joseph Ruttenberg
Director of Photography
Ferris Webster
Editor