"Biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life."
Linda Darnell
as Virginia Clemm
Shepperd Strudwick
as Edgar Allan Poe
Virginia Gilmore
as Elmira Royster
Jane Darwell
as Mariah Clemm
Mary Howard
as Frances Allan
Frank Conroy
as John Allan
Harry Morgan
as Ebenezer Burling
Walter Kingsford
as T.W. White
Morris Ankrum
as Mr. Graham
William Bakewell
as Hugh Pleasant
Francis Ford
as Tavern Keeper
Mae Marsh
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as West Point Board Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
as Griswald (uncredited)
Skippy Wanders
as Poe, age 3
Freddie Mercer
as Poe, age 12
Erville Alderson
as Burke
Peggy McIntyre
as Elmira, age 10
Frank Melton
as Turner Dixon
Morton Lowry
as Charles Dickens
Gilbert Emery
as Thomas Jefferson
Edwin Stanley
as Dr. Moran
Harry Denny
as Kennedy
Hardie Albright
as Shelton
Harry Carter
as Jefferson's Messenger (uncredited)
Harry Lachman
Director
Bryan Foy
Producer
Samuel Hoffenstein
Writer
Tom Reed
Lucien N. Andriot
Director of Photography
Fred Allen
Editor
Nathan Juran
Art Direction
Richard Day
Dolly Tree
Costume Design
