"Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth."
Richard Burton
as Edwin Booth
Maggie McNamara
as Mary Devlin Booth
John Derek
as John Wilkes Booth
Raymond Massey
as Junius Brutus Booth
Charles Bickford
as Dave Prescott
Elizabeth Sellars
as Asia Booth
Eleanor Audley
as Mrs. Montchesington
Ian Keith
as Ghost of Hamlet's father in "Hamlet"
Eva Le Gallienne
as Gertrude in "Hamlet"
Christopher Cook
as Edwin Booth at 10
Mae Marsh
as Witch in 'Macbeth' (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
as Miner (uncredited)
Sarah Padden
as Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
as Theatre Manager
Philip Dunne
Director
Eleanor Ruggles
Novel
Producer
Moss Hart
Writer
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Frances C. Richardson
Researcher