
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Cast

Mickey Rooney
Homer Macauley

Frank Morgan
Willie Grogan

James Craig
Tom Spangler

Marsha Hunt
Diana Steed

Fay Bainter
Mrs. Macauley

Ray Collins
Mr. Macauley

Van Johnson
Marcus Macauley

Donna Reed
Bess Macauley

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
Ulysses Macauley

Dorothy Morris
Mary Arena

John Craven
Tobey George

Ann Ayars
Mrs. Sandoval

Mary Nash
Miss Hicks

Henry O'Neill
Charles Steed

Katharine Alexander
Mrs. Steed

Alan Baxter
Brad Stickman

Darryl Hickman
Lionel

Barry Nelson
Fat
Rita Quigley
Helen Elliot

Clem Bevans
Henderson

Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Librarian

Hobart Cavanaugh
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

Wallis Clark
School Principal (uncredited)

Don DeFore
Bernard 'Texas' Anthony (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Mr. Blenton (uncredited)

David Holt
Hubert Ackley III (uncredited)

Frank Jenks
Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)

Darwood Kaye
Gang Member (uncredited)

Robert Mitchum
Quentin Gilford (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor
Bartender (uncredited)

Carl Switzer
Auggie (uncredited)
Crew

Clarence Brown
Director, Producer

Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer

Howard Estabrook
Screenplay

William Saroyan
Story, Theatre Play
Conrad A. Nervig
Editor
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography

Irene
Costume Supervisor
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist

Herbert Stothart
Music

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration

Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Ernst Matray
Other
Hugh Hunt
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