"A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself."
Kim Stanley
as Emily Ann Faulkner (Rita Shawn)
Lloyd Bridges
as Dutch Seymour
Patty Duke
as Emily Ann Faulkner (Child)
Bert Freed
as Lester Brackman
Joan Copeland
as Alice Marie
Betty Lou Holland
as Mrs. Laureen Faulkner
Steven Hill
as John Tower
Gerald Hiken
as George
Elizabeth Wilson
as Harding
Joanne Linville
as Joanna
Gail Haworth
as Emily's Daughter
Joyce Van Patten
as Hillary
Louise Beavers
as The Cook
Gerald Petrarca
as The Minister
Werner Klemperer
as Joe Wilsey
Burt Brinckerhoff
as The Boy
Margaret Brayton
as Mrs. Woolsy (uncredited)
Curt Conway
as The Writer (uncredited)
Fred Herrick
as The Elder (uncredited)
Donald McKee
as R.M. Lucas (uncredited)
Mike O'Dowd
as First Man (uncredited)
Sid Raymond
as Second Man (uncredited)
David White
as Burt Harris (uncredited)
John Cromwell
Director
Paddy Chayefsky
Screenplay
Milton Perlman
Producer
Arthur J. Ornitz
Director of Photography
Carl Lerner
Editor
Leo Kerz
Production Design
Jim Merrick
Casting
Ted Haworth
Art Direction
Frank L. Thompson
Costume Design
Charles H. Maguire
Assistant Director
Dick Vorisek
Sound
Ernest Zatorsky
Virgil Thomson
Original Music Composer
