"Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a few of his parishioners."
Joel McCrea
as Josiah Doziah Gray
Ellen Drew
as Harriet Gray
Dean Stockwell
as John Kenyon
Alan Hale
as Jed Isbell
Lewis Stone
as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
James Mitchell
as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.
Amanda Blake
as Faith Radmore Samuels
Juano Hernández
as Uncle Famous Prill
Charles Kemper
as Prof. Sam Houston Jones
Connie Gilchrist
as Sarah Isbell
Ed Begley
as Lon Backett
Jack Lambert
as Perry Lokey
Arthur Hunnicutt
as Chloroform Wiggins
Marshall Thompson
as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
James Arness
as Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
as Mrs. Belsher (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
as Jed Isbell (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
as Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)
Edmund Glover
as Clyde Chapman (uncredited)
Jessica Grayson
as Bessie - Maid (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as Ned (uncredited)
Patricia Miller
as Mrs. Chapman (uncredited)
Rhea Mitchell
as Mrs. Backett (uncredited)
Norman Ollestad
as Chase Isbell (uncredited)
Carl Pitti
as Townsman
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Bartender (uncredited)
Ben Watson
as Gene Caldwell (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
as Thad Carroll (uncredited)
Eula Guy
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
as Annie (voice) (uncredited)
Al Bain
as Townsman (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Helen Brown
Matilda Caldwell
Robert Cherry
Bill Clauson
as Cade Isbell (uncredited)
Fred Datig Jr.
Helen Eby-Rock
Ralph Hodges
as Tom Isbell (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Dick Johnstone
Al Kunde
Baron James Lichter
Mathew McCue
Philo McCullough
Jimmy Moss
as Bobby Sam Carroll (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne
Frank Pharr
James Pierce
Alice Richey
Buddy Roosevelt
Phil Schumacher
Tex Terry
Jack Tornek
as Barfly (uncredited)
Connie Van
Jacques Tourneur
Director
Joe David Brown
Novel
Adaptation
Margaret Fitts
Screenplay
William H. Wright
Producer
Adolph Deutsch
Original Music Composer
Charles Schoenbaum
Director of Photography
Gene Ruggiero
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Eddie Imazu
Alfred E. Spencer
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Sergei Petschnikoff
Production Manager
Dolph Zimmer
Assistant Director
Standish J. Lambert
Sound
Bobby Tucker
Other
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Sound Recordist