The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.
Frank Morgan
as Robert Yancey
Kathryn Grayson
as Rebecca Yancey
Spring Byington
as Rosa Yancey
Natalie Thompson
as Margaret Yancey
Johnny Mitchell
as James Weldon 'Shirley (as Douglass Newland)
Mark Daniels
as Jack Holden
Elizabeth Patterson
as Grandma
Juanita Quigley
as Caroline Yancey
Scotty Beckett
as Joel Yancey
Dickie Jones
as Robert Yancey, Jr.
Leigh Whipper
as Uncle Josh
Louise Beavers
as Aunt Emmeline
