"Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero."
Spencer Tracy
as Stevie O'Malley
Katharine Hepburn
as Christine Forrest
Richard Whorf
as Clive Kerndon
Margaret Wycherly
as Old Mrs. Forrest
Forrest Tucker
as Geoff Midford
Frank Craven
as Docteur Fielding
Stephen McNally
as Freddie Ridges
Percy Kilbride
as Orion Peabody
Audrey Christie
as Jane Harding
Darryl Hickman
as Jeb Rickards
Donald Meek
as Mr Arbuthnot
Howard Da Silva
as Jason Rickards
William Newell
as Piggot
Walter Bacon
as
Barry Bernard
Clifford Brooke
Steve Carruthers
Ricardo Lord Cezon
Mabel Colcord
Cliff Danielson
Diana Douglas
Rex Evans
Donald Gallaher
Stuart Hall
as Reporter (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Art Howard
Colin Kenny
Crauford Kent
Manart Kippen
Charles Frederick Lindsley
Mickey Martin
Louis Mason
Claire McDowell
Mary McLeod
Harold Miller
Dorothy Morris
Barry Norton
Robert Pittard
Rita Quigley
Dorothy Raye
John Roy
Jay Ward
Blanche Yurka
George Cukor
Director
Donald Ogden Stewart
Screenplay
I.A.R. Wylie
Novel
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Adrian
Costume Design
James E. Newcom
Editor
Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
Leon Gordon
Associate Producer
Victor Saville
Producer