A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
William Powell
as Clarence Day Sr.
Irene Dunne
as Vinnie Day
Elizabeth Taylor
as Mary Skinner
Edmund Gwenn
as Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Zasu Pitts
as Cousin Cora Cartwright
Jimmy Lydon
as Clarence Day Jr.
Emma Dunn
as Margaret
Moroni Olsen
as Dr. Humphries
Elisabeth Risdon
as Mrs. Whitehead
Derek Scott
as Harlan Day
Johnny Calkins
as Whitney Benjamin Day
Martin Milner
as John Day
