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
James Stewart
Jason Wilkins
Sterling Holloway
Chauncey Ames
John Carradine
President Lincoln
Ward Bond
Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
Walter Huston
Ethan Wilkins
Charles Coburn
Dr. Charles Shingle
Gene Reynolds
Jason Wilkins as a Child
Beulah Bondi
Mary Wilkins
Gene Lockhart
Quid
Ann Rutherford
Annie Hawks
Clem Bevans
Elder Massey
Charley Grapewin
Jim Meeker
Guy Kibbee
George Ames
Minor Watson
Captain Griggs
Arthur Aylesworth
Rufus Inchpin
Robert McWade
Dr. Lupus Crumm
Leona Roberts
Sister Clarke
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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