While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel's grandson conduct.
Claudette Colbert | Mrs. Anne Hilton |
Jennifer Jones | Jane Deborah Hilton |
Joseph Cotten | Lieutenant Tony Willett |
Shirley Temple | Bridget 'Brig' Hilton |
Monty Woolley | Colonel William G. Smollett |
Lionel Barrymore | Clergyman |
Robert Walker | Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II |
Hattie McDaniel | Fidelia |
Agnes Moorehead | Mrs. Emily Hawkins |
Alla Nazimova | Zofia Koslowska (as Nazimova) |
Albert Bassermann | Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden |
Gordon Oliver | Marine Officer Seeking Room |