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About
An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.
Theatrical
May 11, 1950
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords
based on novel or book
small town
pastor
narration
contagion spread
last will and testament
racism
orphan
nephew
lynch mob
science vs religion
post civil war
typhoid
19th century
traditional medicine
small southern town
small town doctor
a decent man
small town america
community life
faith and religion
Cast
Full credits →J
Joel McCrea
Josiah Doziah Gray
E
Ellen Drew
Harriet Gray
D
Dean Stockwell
John Kenyon
A
Alan Hale
Jed Isbell
L
Lewis Stone
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
J
James Mitchell
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.
A
Amanda Blake
Faith Radmore Samuels
J
Juano Hernández
Uncle Famous Prill
C
Charles Kemper
Prof. Sam Houston Jones
C
Connie Gilchrist
Sarah Isbell
E
Ed Begley
Lon Backett
J
Jack Lambert
Perry Lokey
A
Arthur Hunnicutt
Chloroform Wiggins
M
Marshall Thompson
Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
J
James Arness
Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)
P
Polly Bailey
Mrs. Belsher (uncredited)
C
Chuck Courtney
Jed Isbell (uncredited)
A
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)
E
Edmund Glover
Clyde Chapman (uncredited)
J
Jessica Grayson
Bessie - Maid (uncredited)
