Charles Coburn

Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham

Joan Bennett

Ella Sue Dozier

William Eythe

Albert 'Al' Marbury

Allyn Joslyn

Earl Hoats

Elizabeth Patterson

Cousin Emma

Donald Meek

Doc Buden

Frank Craven

Dewey

Thurston Hall

Ed - the Mayor

Cora Witherspoon

Mrs. Clara Meigs

Emory Parnell

Joe Alsobrook

Henry Armetta

Jimmy Economy

Stephen Dunne

Professor Edward 'Ed' Bland

Roy Roberts

Army Captain Rampey

Edward Cronjager

Director of Photography

Fred Sersen

Visual Effects

E. Clayton Ward

Sound

Cyril J. Mockridge

Music

Harmon Jones

Editor

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Roger Heman Sr.

Sound

Kay Nelson

Costume Design

Emil Newman

Music Director

Lyle R. Wheeler

Art Direction

Albert Hogsett

Art Direction

Irving Pichel

Director

Lamar Trotti

Producer

Frances C. Richardson

Researcher

Gertrude Kingston

Research Assistant

Berry Fleming

Novel

Kathryn Scola

Screenplay