"On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop."
Judy Garland
as Susan Bradley
John Hodiak
as Ned Trent
Ray Bolger
as Chris Maule
Angela Lansbury
as Em
Preston Foster
as Judge Sam Purvis
Virginia O'Brien
as Alma from Ohio
Kenny Baker
as Terry O'Halloran
Marjorie Main
as Sonora Cassidy
Chill Wills
as H.H. Hartsey
Selena Royle
as Miss Bliss
Cyd Charisse
as Deborah Andrews
Mary Moder
as Specialty Performer (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Conductor (uncredited)
Eve Whitney
as Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
Thelma Joel
Ruth Brady
as Ethel
Jack Lambert
as Marty Peters
Edward Earle
as Jed Adams
Morris Ankrum
as Rev. Claggett
William Phillips
as 1st Cowboy
Ben Carter
as John Henry
Norman Leavitt
as 2nd Cowboy
Stephen McNally
as 'Gold Dust' McClean (as Horace McNally)
Dorothy Tuttle
as Harvey Girl (uncredited)
Marcia Van Dyke
as Dancer (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
as Townsman (uncredited)
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Albert Akst
Editor
Robert Alton
Choreographer
Lennie Hayton
Music Director
Roger Edens
Associate Producer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
William Ferrari
Conrad Salinger
Orchestrator
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
Fred Valles
Mildred Griffiths
Assistant Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Kay Thompson
Music Arranger
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Novel
Eleanore Griffin
Story
William Rankin
Kay Van Riper
Writer
George Sidney
Director
Harry Crane
Screenplay
Edmund Beloin
Nathaniel Curtis
Samson Raphaelson
James O'Hanlon
Arthur Freed
Producer
Johnny Mercer
Lyricist
Harry Warren
Songs
Irene
Costume Supervisor