"A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife."
Barbara Stanwyck
as Pearl Elliott Holley
Joel McCrea
as Ernie Holley
Walter Brennan
as Newt Holley
Buddy Ebsen
as Buddy
Helen Westley
as Grandma
Walter Catlett
as Warfield Scott
Tony Martin
as Chick Bean
Katherine DeMille
as Leota Long
Victor Kilian
as Mr. Slade
Minna Gombell
as Ruby
Spencer Charters
as Judge Tope
Hilda Vaughn
as Gurtha
George Humbert
as Jules
Cecil Weston
as Hattie
Louis Mason
as Eph
John Cromwell
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Harry Hamilton
Novel
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Hanson T. Fritch
Editor
Hans Peters
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
A.F. Erickson
Assistant Director
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Engineer
E. Clayton Ward
Ernest Palmer
Director of Photography