""Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families."
Clifton Webb
as Frank Gilbreth
Jeanne Crain
as Ann Gilbreth
Myrna Loy
as Lillian Gilbreth
Betty Lynn
as Deborah Lancaster
Edgar Buchanan
as Dr. Burton
Barbara Bates
as Ernestine Gilbreth
Mildred Natwick
as Mrs. Mebane
Sara Allgood
as Mrs. Monahan
Betty Barker
as Mary Gilbreth (uncredited)
Patti Brady
as Martha Gilbreth (uncredited)
Teddy Driver
as Dan Gilbreth (uncredited)
Jimmy Hunt
as William Gilbreth (uncredited)
Roddy McCaskill
as Jack Gilbreth (uncredited)
Carol Nugent
as Lillie Gilbreth (uncredited)
Norman Ollestad
as Frank Gilbreth Jr. (uncredited)
Anthony Sydes
as Fred Gilbreth (uncredited)
Frank Orth
as Higgins (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
as Jim Bracken (uncredited)
Benny Bartlett
as Joe Scales (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
as Teacher (uncredited)
Lyn Thomas
as Girl on Beach (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
as Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
Mary Field
as Music Teacher (uncredited)
Eula Guy
Caryl Lincoln
Jeff Richards
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Walter Lang
Director
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Novel
Lamar Trotti
Screenplay
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
J. Watson Webb Jr.
Editor
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Paul S. Fox
Set Decoration
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Thomas Little
Leland Fuller
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Producer
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Cyril J. Mockridge
Original Music Composer
Lionel Newman
Music Director
Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator
E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.