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This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.
 
                                                        Walter Huston
Ethan Wilkins
 
                                                        James Stewart
Jason Wilkins
 
                                                        Beulah Bondi
Mary Wilkins
 
                                                        Gene Reynolds
Jason Wilkins as a Child
 
                                                        Guy Kibbee
George Ames
 
                                                        Charles Coburn
Dr. Charles Shingle
 
                                                        John Carradine
President Lincoln
 
                                                        Ann Rutherford
Annie Hawks
 
                                                        Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Annie Hawks as a Child
 
                                                        Charley Grapewin
Jim Meeker
 
                                                        Leona Roberts
Sister Clarke
 
                                                        Gene Lockhart
Quid
 
                                                        Clem Bevans
Elder Massey
 
                                                        Arthur Aylesworth
Rufus Inchpin
 
                                                        Sterling Holloway
Chauncey Ames
 
                                                        Charles Peck
Chauncey Ames as a Child
 
                                                        Robert McWade
Dr. Lupus Crumm
 
                                                        Minor Watson
Captain Griggs
 
                                                        Ward Bond
Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
 
                                                        Frank McGlynn Jr.
Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)