Cary Grant (Matt Howard)
Martha Scott (Jan Peyton-Howard)
Cedric Hardwicke (Fleetwood Peyton)
Alan Marshal (Roger Peyton)
Richard Carlson (Thomas Jefferson)
Olaf Hytten (Gentleman)
Alan Ladd (Neighbor)
Sam McDaniel (Uncle Robert, the Butler)
Emmett Vogan (Representative)
Brandon Hurst (Wilton)
J. Anthony Hughes (Tidewater Representative)
James Westerfield (Friend)
Pat Somerset
Tom Drake (James Howard at Age 16)
Peter Cushing
Lane Chandler (Major)
Virginia Sale (Neighbor)
Richard Alden (James Howard)
Phil Taylor (Peyton Howard at 18)
Rita Quigley (Mary Howard at 17)
Libby Taylor (Dicey)
Richard Gaines (Patrick Henry)
George Houston (George Washington)
Ralph Byrd (James Howard)
Dick Jones (Matt Howard at Age 12)
Buster Phelps (Thomas Jefferson at Age 11)
Wade Boteler (Uncle Reuben)
Mary Field (Susan Howard)
Charles Francis (Mr. Douglas)
Paul Kelly (Captain Jabez Allen)
Irving Bacon (Tom Norton)
Elizabeth Risdon (Aunt Clarissa)
Anne Revere (Mrs. Betsy Norton)