1940-09-19
116 mins
The Plot
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
Cast and Crew
Cary Grant
Matt Howard
Martha Scott
Jane Peyton-Howard
Cedric Hardwicke
Fleetwood Peyton
Alan Marshal
Roger Peyton
Richard Carlson
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Kelly
Capt. Jabez Allen
Irving Bacon
Tom Norton
Elisabeth Risdon
Aunt Clarissa
Anne Revere
Mrs. Betsy Norton
Tom Drake
James Howard at 16
Phil Taylor
Peyton Howard at 18
Rita Quigley
Mary Howard at 17
Libby Taylor
Dicey
Richard Gaines
Patrick Henry
George Houston
George Washington
Ralph Byrd
James Howard
Dickie Jones
Matt Howard at 12
Buster Phelps
Thomas Jefferson at 11
Wade Boteler
Uncle Reuben
Mary Field
Susan Howard
Roy Gordon
Col. Jefferson
Charles Francis
Mr. Douglas
Peter Cushing
Leslie Stephens
John Gallaudet
Backwoodsman (uncredited)
J. Anthony Hughes
Tidewater Representative (uncredited)
Terry Moore
Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Backwoodsman (uncredited)
Dan White
Will (uncredited)
Conrad Binyon
Neighbor Boy
Bobby Callahan
Lane Chandler
Major
Vernon Downing
John Walker
Eddie Dunn
Dunkel
Sarah Edwards
Neighbor Girl
Tom Fadden
Backwoodsman
Joe Farey
Dunkel
Leon Farey
Dunkel
Ralph Gilliam
Jesse Graves
Robert
J. Franklin Harrison
June Hedin
Young Mary Howard
Leyland Hodgson
British Officer
Brandon Hurst
Wilton
Olaf Hytten
Witt
Boyd Irwin
Speaker of the House of Burgess
Claude King
Governor of Virginia
Leonard Lawrence
Richard Lyon
Young Peyton Howard
Virginia Sale
Neighbor Girl
Pat Somerset
Backwoodsman
Rafael Alcayde
Lafayette
Emmett Vogan
Representative
Eddy Waller
Patriot Scout
Dick Wessel
Backwoodsman
James Westerfield
Backwoodsman
Alan Ladd
Backwoodsman (uncredited)