George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes.
Ronald Colman
as George Apley
Peggy Cummins
as Eleanor 'Ellie' Apley
Vanessa Brown
as Agnes Willing
Mildred Natwick
as Amelia Newcombe
Richard Haydn
as Horatio Willing
Nydia Westman
as Jane Willing
Percy Waram
as Roger Newcombe
Richard Ney
as John Apley
Edna Best
as Catherine Apley
Charles Russell
as Howard Boulder
Paul Harvey
as Julian H. Dole
Kathleen Howard
as Margaret
