Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowman wants him to be more decisive and leaves him in Rome just as Mussolini is coming to power. There Alex marries Emily, daughter of a newspaper publisher who hires Cassie for his Paris bureau -- just before retiring from active management of his paper. Alex and Emily's son Sam, recently returned from active duty in World War II, learns the whole story one night in Washington when Emily invites Cassie to dinner. Sam has a story to tell, too.
Robert Young
as Alex Hazen
Sylvia Sidney
as Cassie Bowman
Ann Richards
as Emily Taney Hazen
Dudley Digges
as Moses Taney
Douglas Dick
as Sam Hazen
Albert Bassermann
as Count von Stammer
Dan Seymour
as Torrone
Ian Wolfe
as Sears
Marietta Canty
as Sophronia
Norma Varden
as Mrs. Hayworth
Charles D. Brown
as Carter
Don Castle
as David
