"A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest."
Van Johnson
as Henry Carson
Thomas Mitchell
as Gill MacBean
Janet Leigh
as Lissy Anne MacBean
Marshall Thompson
as Ben Mac Bean
Selena Royle
as Sairy MacBean
Charles Dingle
as John Dessark
Dean Stockwell
as Andrew MacBean
Guy Kibbee
as Cal Baggett
Elisabeth Risdon
as Emily Baggett
Jim Davis
as Badge Dessark
Russell Simpson
as Dan Yeary
O.Z. Whitehead
as Ninny Nat
James Bell
as John Willhart
Joyce Arling
as Mrs. Willhart
William Bishop
as Ad Buchanan
Paul Langton
as Tom Yeary
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Southerner (uncredited)
Fred Kruger
as Northerner (uncredited)
Jerry Schumacher
Sam Ash
Polly Bailey
as Wife (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby
Margaret Bert
Barbara Billingsley
Wanda Cantlon
as Baggett Daughter (uncredited)
Naomi Childers
Jack Rube Clifford
as Square Dance Caller (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Bruce Cowling
as Clancy (uncredited)
Lucille Curtis
Sidney D'Albrook
Gail Davis
Redmond Doms
Franz Dorfler
as Townsman (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Sarah Edwards
as Mrs. Dessark (uncredited)
Billy Engle
Jane Green
as Mrs. Dan Yeary (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
Clarke Hardwicke
as Jim (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
Florence Howard
I. Stanford Jolley
as Ad Lester (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Ann Lace
as Girl (uncredited)
Rose Langdon
Donald S. Lewis
Mitchell Lewis
George Magrill
Louis Mason
Kermit Maynard
as Jack Lynch (uncredited)
May McAvoy
Rhea Mitchell
Catherine Moore
Skeets Noyes
Frank Pharr
John Phipps
Tom Pilkington
William Roberts
as Bill (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
as Jack Billens (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Erin Selwyn
J. Lewis Smith
Jack Sterling
Guy Stockwell
as Joe (uncredited)
Robert E. Strickland
as Jake Yeary (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Henry Sylvester
Bob Thom
Ethel Tobin
Dorothy Vernon
Constance Weiler
as Mrs. Tom Yeary (uncredited)
Marie Windsor
Roy Rowland
Director
MacKinlay Kantor
Story
Lester Cole
Screenplay
Lewis Allan
Songs
Earl Robinson
Jack Donohue
Choreographer
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Eddie Imazu
Richard Duce
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Elliot Morgan
Assistant Set Decoration
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Irene
Costume Supervisor
Fred Valles
Costume Design
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
Jack Cummings
Producer
George Bassman
Original Music Composer
Horace Hough
Assistant Director
Sam Leavitt
Camera Operator