Mickey Rooney
Homer Macauley
Frank Morgan
Willie Grogan
James Craig
Tom Spangler
Marsha Hunt
Diana Steed
Fay Bainter
Mrs. Macauley
Ray Collins
Mr. Macauley
Van Johnson
Marcus Macauley
Donna Reed
Bess Macauley
Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
Ulysses Macauley
Dorothy Morris
Mary Arena
John Craven
Tobey George
Ann Ayars
Mrs. Sandoval
Mary Nash
Miss Hicks
Henry O'Neill
Charles Steed
Katharine Alexander
Mrs. Steed
Alan Baxter
Brad Stickman
Darryl Hickman
Lionel
Barry Nelson
Fat
Rita Quigley
Helen Elliot
Clem Bevans
Henderson
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Librarian
Hobart Cavanaugh
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
School Principal (uncredited)
Don DeFore
Bernard 'Texas' Anthony (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Mr. Blenton (uncredited)
David Holt
Hubert Ackley III (uncredited)
Frank Jenks
Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)
Darwood Kaye
Gang Member (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum
Quentin Gilford (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Bartender (uncredited)
Carl Switzer
Auggie (uncredited)
Clarence Brown
Director
William Saroyan
Theatre Play
William Saroyan
Story
Howard Estabrook
Screenplay
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Herbert Stothart
Music
Ernst Matray
Other
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Hugh Hunt
Other
Irene
Costume Supervisor
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Conrad A. Nervig
Editor
Clarence Brown
Producer
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer