Ray Middleton as Edwin P. Christy

Bill Shirley as Stephen Foster

Muriel Lawrence as Inez McDowell

Eileen Christy as Jeanie McDowell

Rex Allen as Mr Tambo / Rex Allen / Narrator

Lynn Bari as Mrs. McDowell

Dick Simmons as Dunning Foster (as Richard Simmons)

Scott Elliott as Milford Wilson (as Robert Neil)

Andrew Tombes as R.E. Howard

James Dobson as Spike

Percy Helton as Mr. Horker

Glen Turnbull as Glenn Turnbull / Speciality Dancer (as Glenn Turnbull)

Louise Beavers as Mammy

James Kirkwood as Doctor

Carl Switzer as Freddie (as Carl Dean Switzer)

Fred Moultrie as Chitlin (as Freddie Moultrie)