Joan Crawford as Agatha Reed

Robert Young as Doctor James Merrill

Eve Arden as Miss 'Woody' Woods

Lurene Tuttle as Ellen Griswold

Frank Lovejoy as Matt Cole

Janice Rule as Virginia Merrill

Howard St. John as Claude Griswold

Ellen Corby as Miss Birdshaw

Morgan Farley as Doctor Pitt

Virginia Gibson as Mary Nell Dodge

John Qualen as Professor Dingley

Viola Roache as Miss Shackelford

George Bunny as Janitor (Uncredited)

Mary Carver as Joan Wintner (Uncredited)

Frank Conlan as Frank (Uncredited)

Creighton Hale as Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)

John Hedloe as Telephone Man (Uncredited)

Eddie Johnson as Bellboy (Uncredited)

Frank McFarland as Colonel (Uncredited)

Bill McLean as Russ Hughes (Uncredited)

Jay Merrick as G.I. (Uncredited)

Walter Merrill as Clay (Uncredited)

Ann Robinson as Clarisse Carter (Uncredited)

Janet Stewart as Student (Uncredited)

Isabel Withers as Typist (Uncredited)

Glen Turnbull as Photographer (Uncredited)

Phil Tead as Reporter (Uncredited)

Charles J. Conrad as Reporter (Uncredited)

Lucius Cooke as Congressman (Uncredited)

Lawrence A. Williams as Congressman (Uncredited)

Fred Howard as Congressman (Uncredited)

Jack Mower as Party Guest (Uncredited)

Fred Kelsey as Party Guest (Uncredited)

James Conaty as Party Guest (Uncredited)

Tom McGuire as Party Guest (Uncredited)

Florence Wix as Party Guest (Uncredited)