In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisburg and an office in Philadelphia, he has successfully kept two separate homes. However, when an emergency requires his oldest son to find him, Mr. Pennypacker's dual life is revealed.
Clifton Webb
as Mr. Horace Pennypacker
Dorothy McGuire
as Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker
Charles Coburn
as Grampa Pennypacker
Jill St. John
as Kate Pennypacker
Ron Ely
as Wilbur Fielding
Ray Stricklyn
as Horace Pennypacker III
David Nelson
as Henry Pennypacker
Dorothy Stickney
as Aunt Jane Pennypacker
Larry Gates
as Rev. Dr. Fielding
Richard Deacon
as Sheriff
Ahna Capri
as Babs Pennypacker
Joan Freeman
as Mary Pennypacker
