"Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity."
Will Rogers
as Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest
Tom Brown
as Jerome Priest
Anita Louise
as Ellie May Gillespie
Henry B. Walthall
as Reverend Ashby Brand
David Landau
as Bob Gillis
Rochelle Hudson
as Virginia Maydew
Roger Imhof
as Billy Gaynor
Frank Melton
as Fleming "Flem" Talley
Charley Grapewin
as Sergeant Jimmy Bagby
Berton Churchill
as Senator Horace Maydew
Brenda Fowler
as Mrs. Caroline Priest
Francis Ford
as Juror No. 12
Hattie McDaniel
as Aunt Dilsey
Stepin Fetchit
as Jeff Poindexter
John Ford
Director
Irvin S. Cobb
Writer
Dudley Nichols
Screenplay
Lamar Trotti
Sol M. Wurtzel
Producer
Samuel Kaylin
Music
George Schneiderman
Director of Photography
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
William S. Darling
Set Decoration
Royer
Costume Design
Edward O'Fearna
Assistant Director
Albert Protzman
Sound