Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
Cary Grant
as Matt Howard
Martha Scott
as Jane Peyton-Howard
Cedric Hardwicke
as Fleetwood Peyton
Alan Marshal
as Roger Peyton
Richard Carlson
as Thomas Jefferson
Paul Kelly
as Capt. Jabez Allen
Irving Bacon
as Tom Norton
Elisabeth Risdon
as Aunt Clarissa
Anne Revere
as Mrs. Betsy Norton
Tom Drake
as James Howard at 16
Phil Taylor
as Peyton Howard at 18
Rita Quigley
as Mary Howard at 17