"Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather."
Paul Muni
as Orin Nordholm Jr.
Aline MacMahon
as Anna Nordholm
Mary Astor
as Virginia Claffin Nordholm
Donald Cook
as Richard Nordholm
Jean Muir
as Selma Peterson / Granddaughter Selma
Guy Kibbee
as James Claffin
Mickey Rooney
as Otto Peterson as a Child
Patricia Ellis
as Natalie Clifton Nordholm
Theodore Newton
as Paul Nordholm
Margaret Lindsay
as Jennifer Nordholm
Gordon Westcott
as John Nordholm
Henry O'Neill
as Orin Nordholm Sr.
William Janney
as Orin Nordholm III
Douglass Dumbrille
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Alan Mowbray
as Sir Philip Ivor
Sidney Toler
as Mr. Hodgens
Anna Q. Nilsson
as Mrs. Peterson
Arthur Hohl
as Mr. Patten
Alan Dinehart
as Ogden Jarrett
Oscar Apfel
as Mr. Morley, a Banker
Wallis Clark
as Mr. Freddie McCord, a Clerk
Clay Clement
as Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
William Burress
as Mr. Krauss, a Banker
Marjorie Gateson
as Mrs. Clinton
James Bush
as Orin III's Roommate (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Philip Faversham
as Nordholm's Clerk (uncredited)
John Elliott
as A Banker (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
as Lady at Party (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
as Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
as Man Who Yells 'Texas Longhorns' (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
as Doctor (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Milton Kibbee
as Organist at Wedding (uncredited)
Marilyn Knowlden
as Young Selma (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald
as Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
as Townsman (uncredited)
Lew Meehan
as Trooper (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
as Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
as Otto Peterson (uncredited)
Richard Powell
as Farm Worker for Anna (uncredited)
Richard Quine
as Young Richard (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Jackie Searl
as Young John (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Tourist (uncredited)
as Mr. Hodgens, a Banker (uncredited)
Walter Walker
Leo White
as Panicked Investor (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
as Richard's Butler (uncredited)
Pat Wing
as Richard Nordholm's Secretary (uncredited)
Harry Woods
as Sam (uncredited)
Tammany Young
as Tour Guide (uncredited)
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Edward Chodorov
Screenplay
Sheridan Gibney
Story
Robert Lord
Producer
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
William Holmes
Editor
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
Jack Okey
Earl Luick
Costume Design
Homer Van Pelt
Still Photographer
Maxwell Arnow
Casting Director
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant
L. De Angelis
Assistant Camera