"Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes."
Louis Calhern
as Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ann Harding
as Fanny Bowditch Holmes
Eduard Franz
as Louis Brandeis
Philip Ober
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Ian Wolfe
as Adams
Edith Evanson
as Annie Gough
Herbert Anderson
as Baxter
Richard Anderson
as Reynolds
Jimmy Lydon
as Clinton
David Alpert
as Secretary (uncredited)
Arthur Anderson
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Board
Marshall Bradford
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
as Justice (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
as Senator (uncredited)
Lyle Clark
Dick Cogan
as Reporter (uncredited)
Emmet Lavery
Screenplay
John Sturges
Director
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Leo Arnaud
Orchestrator
Jack Jackson
Stand In
Walter Coughlin
Joel Freeman
Assistant Director
David Raksin
Conductor
Theatre Play
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Paul Marquardt
Jack D. Moore
Art Direction
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Myra Jones
John Truwe
Addison Schaumer Jr.
Robert Franklyn
Francis Biddle
Book
Original Music Composer
Joseph Ruttenberg
Director of Photography
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Armand Deutsch
Producer
Cedric Gibbons
Arthur Lonergan
Ferris Webster
Editor
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design