
127 minutes
7/4/1946
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.

Charles Coburn
as Alexander Gow

Tom Drake
as Robert Shannon as young man

Hume Cronyn
as Papa Leckie

Gladys Cooper
as Grandma Leckie

Dean Stockwell
as Robert Shannon as a child

Selena Royle
as Mama Leckie

Jessica Tandy
as Kate Leckie

Richard Haydn
as Jason Reid

Andy Clyde
as Saddler Boag

Norman Lloyd
as Adam Leckie
Robert North
as Murdoch Leckie

Beverly Tyler
as Alison Keith as a young lady

Wallace Ford
as Jamie Nigg

Eilene Janssen
as Alison Keith as a child

Richard Lyon
as Gavin Blair as a child

Henry O'Neill
as Canon Roche

Henry Stephenson
as Blakely

Norma Varden
as Mrs. Bosomley

Henry H. Daniels Jr.
as Gavin Blair as a young man
Ada Adams
as Alison's Mother
Norman Ainsley
as Sub-Deacon
Harry Allen
as Purser Teeler
Dick Ames
as Assistant Inspector

Sylvia Andrew
as Miss Glennie

Morris Ankrum
as Dr. Galbraith

Jimmy Aubrey
as Speller
David Bair
as Schoolboy

Charles Bates
as Angelo Friscalli
Kathryn Bates
as Mrs. McTavish
Norman Borine
as Baggage Man
George Broughton
as Assistant Sanitary Inspector
Russell Burroughs
as Monitor
Gabriel Canzona
as Organ Grinder
Andy Colman

John Considine
as Schoolboy
Robert Cory
Ashley Cowan
as McEwen
Peter Cusanelli
as Father Friscalli
Boyd Davis
as Master
Helen Dickson
as Woman at Fair

Yvette Duguay
as Daughter
Virginia S. Ellsworth
as Daughter

Herbert Evans
as Lector
Richard Glynn
as Schoolboy

Gloria Gordon

Gary Gray
as Boy Making First Communion
Bobby Hale

Lumsden Hare
as Lawyer McKellar

Forrester Harvey
as Peter Dickie
Bonnie Henjum
as Daughter
Tommy Hughes

Brandon Hurst
as Bookseller
Tiny Jones
as Woman at Fair

Colin Kenny
as Registrar

Donald Kerr
as Official at Fair
Tom Leffingwell
as Station Guard

Mitchell Lewis
as Smithy
Therese Lyon
Janet Sue Marx
as Girl

Eric Mayne
as Singing Teacher
John C. McCallum
as Baggage Man
George McDonald
as Bertie Jamieson
David McManus
as Boy
Peggy Miller
as Louisa
William O'Leary
as Mr. McTavish
Penny Parker
Tom Pilkington
as Postman
Jean Ransome
as Mrs. Wallace
John Power
as Constable
James Reid
Dorothy Reisner
as Daughter Friscalli
Carmela Restivo
as Mother Friscalli

Blanche Rose
as Elderly Lady
Charles Sadler
as Angus
Richard Scott
Bill Scully
as Priest
Violet Seton
as Rhubarb Woman
Allen D. Sewall
as Station Master
Edgar Sherrod
as Johnson

Guy Stockwell
as Young Boy