The Human Comedy

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)