"An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way."
Charles Coburn
as Alexander Gow
Tom Drake
as Robert Shannon as young man
Hume Cronyn
as Papa Leckie
Gladys Cooper
as Grandma Leckie
Dean Stockwell
as Robert Shannon as a child
Selena Royle
as Mama Leckie
Jessica Tandy
as Kate Leckie
Richard Haydn
as Jason Reid
Andy Clyde
as Saddler Boag
Norman Lloyd
as Adam Leckie
Robert North
as Murdoch Leckie
Beverly Tyler
as Alison Keith as a young lady
Wallace Ford
as Jamie Nigg
Eilene Janssen
as Alison Keith as a child
Richard Lyon
as Gavin Blair as a child
Henry O'Neill
as Canon Roche
Henry Stephenson
as Blakely
Norma Varden
as Mrs. Bosomley
Henry H. Daniels Jr.
as Gavin Blair as a young man
Ada Adams
as Alison's Mother
Norman Ainsley
as Sub-Deacon
Harry Allen
as Purser Teeler
Dick Ames
as Assistant Inspector
Sylvia Andrew
as Miss Glennie
Morris Ankrum
as Dr. Galbraith
Jimmy Aubrey
as Speller
David Bair
as Schoolboy
Charles Bates
as Angelo Friscalli
Kathryn Bates
as Mrs. McTavish
Norman Borine
as Baggage Man
George Broughton
as Assistant Sanitary Inspector
Russell Burroughs
as Monitor
Gabriel Canzona
as Organ Grinder
Andy Colman
as
John Considine
Robert Cory
Ashley Cowan
as McEwen
Peter Cusanelli
as Father Friscalli
Boyd Davis
as Master
Helen Dickson
as Woman at Fair
Yvette Duguay
as Daughter
Virginia S. Ellsworth
Herbert Evans
as Lector
Richard Glynn
Gloria Gordon
Gary Gray
as Boy Making First Communion
Bobby Hale
Lumsden Hare
as Lawyer McKellar
Forrester Harvey
as Peter Dickie
Bonnie Henjum
Tommy Hughes
Brandon Hurst
as Bookseller
Tiny Jones
Colin Kenny
as Registrar
Donald Kerr
as Official at Fair
Tom Leffingwell
as Station Guard
Mitchell Lewis
as Smithy
Therese Lyon
Janet Sue Marx
as Girl
Eric Mayne
as Singing Teacher
John C. McCallum
George McDonald
as Bertie Jamieson
David McManus
as Boy
Peggy Miller
as Louisa
William O'Leary
as Mr. McTavish
Penny Parker
Tom Pilkington
as Postman
Jean Ransome
as Mrs. Wallace
John Power
as Constable
James Reid
Dorothy Reisner
as Daughter Friscalli
Carmela Restivo
as Mother Friscalli
Blanche Rose
as Elderly Lady
Charles Sadler
as Angus
Richard Scott
Bill Scully
as Priest
Violet Seton
as Rhubarb Woman
Allen D. Sewall
as Station Master
Edgar Sherrod
as Johnson
Guy Stockwell
as Young Boy
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Robert Kern
Editor
A.J. Cronin
Writer
Leon Gordon
Producer
Victor Saville
Director
Sonya Levien
Screenplay
Robert Ardrey
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography