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)

Carl Switzer

Auggie (uncredited)