Drama
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.
Directed by
Clarence Brown
John Carradine
President Lincoln
James Stewart
Jason Wilkins
Sterling Holloway
Chauncey Ames
Walter Huston
Ethan Wilkins
Ward Bond
Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
Charles Coburn
Dr. Charles Shingle
Gene Lockhart
Quid
Clem Bevans
Elder Massey
Beulah Bondi
Mary Wilkins
Robert McWade
Dr. Lupus Crumm
Gene Reynolds
Jason Wilkins as a Child
Guy Kibbee
George Ames
Ann Rutherford
Annie Hawks
Leona Roberts
Sister Clarke
Minor Watson
Captain Griggs
Charley Grapewin
Jim Meeker
Arthur Aylesworth
Rufus Inchpin
Frank McGlynn Jr.
Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Annie Hawks as a Child
Charles Peck
Chauncey Ames as a Child

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