90 minutes
5/11/1950
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a few of his parishioners.
Joel McCrea
as Josiah Doziah Gray
Ellen Drew
as Harriet Gray
Dean Stockwell
as John Kenyon
Alan Hale
as Jed Isbell
Lewis Stone
as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
James Mitchell
as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.
Amanda Blake
as Faith Radmore Samuels
Juano Hernández
as Uncle Famous Prill
Charles Kemper
as Prof. Sam Houston Jones
Connie Gilchrist
as Sarah Isbell
Ed Begley
as Lon Backett
Jack Lambert
as Perry Lokey
Arthur Hunnicutt
as Chloroform Wiggins
Marshall Thompson
as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
James Arness
as Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
as Mrs. Belsher (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
as Jed Isbell (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
as Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)
Edmund Glover
as Clyde Chapman (uncredited)
Jessica Grayson
as Bessie - Maid (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as Ned (uncredited)
Patricia Miller
as Mrs. Chapman (uncredited)
Rhea Mitchell
as Mrs. Backett (uncredited)
Norman Ollestad
as Chase Isbell (uncredited)
Carl Pitti
as Townsman
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Bartender (uncredited)
Ben Watson
as Gene Caldwell (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
as Thad Carroll (uncredited)
Eula Guy
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
as Annie (voice) (uncredited)
Al Bain
as Townsman (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Helen Brown
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Matilda Caldwell
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Robert Cherry
as Townsman (uncredited)
Bill Clauson
as Cade Isbell (uncredited)
Fred Datig Jr.
as Townsman (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Ralph Hodges
as Tom Isbell (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
as Townsman (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
as Townsman (uncredited)
Al Kunde
as Townsman (uncredited)
Baron James Lichter
as Townsman (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
as Townsman (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Townsman (uncredited)
Jimmy Moss
as Bobby Sam Carroll (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Frank Pharr
as Townsman (uncredited)
James Pierce
as Townsman (uncredited)
Carl Pitti
as Townsman (uncredited)
Alice Richey
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
as Townsman (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
as Townsman (uncredited)
Tex Terry
as Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
as Barfly (uncredited)
Connie Van
as Townswoman (uncredited)