It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.
Joan Crawford
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
Robert Taylor
as 'Bow' Timberlake
Lionel Barrymore
as Andrew Jackson
Franchot Tone
as John H. Eaton
Melvyn Douglas
as John Randolph
James Stewart
as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
Beulah Bondi
as Rachel Jackson
Alison Skipworth
as Mrs. Beall
Louis Calhern
as Leroy Sunderland
Melville Cooper
as Cuthbert
Sidney Toler
as Daniel Webster
Gene Lockhart
as Maj. William O'Neal
