"An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but he learns his life still has purpose when he befriends a neighborhood child with a troubled family life."
Fred Stone
as Andrew L. Plummer
Dennis Morgan
as Joe Plummer
Gloria Dickson
as Gertrude Plummer
Sonny Bupp
as Thomas "Tommy" M. Foster
Charles Halton
as Ben Bradford
Georgia Caine
as Mrs. Bradford
Frank Faylen
as Pete Shaffer
Dennie Moore
as Harriet Shaffer
Aldrich Bowker
as "Doc" Heffernan
Joe Devlin
as Spud
Bernice Pilot
as Birdie
Greta Meyer
as Hilda
Jimmy Conlin
as Rivers
Jody Gilbert
as Mrs. Hazelhurst
Minerva Urecal
as Miss Rice
Maris Wrixon
as Mrs. Washburn
Terry O. Morse
Director
George S. Kaufman
Theatre Play
Edna Ferber
Fred Niblo Jr.
Screenplay
Lawrence Kimble
Lee Katz
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography
Louis Lindsay
Editor
Ben G. Liss
Howard Shoup
Costume Design
Stanley Fleischer
Art Direction
Bryan Foy
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner