Ronald Reagan as Tom Bates

Shirley Temple as Mary Hagen

Rory Calhoun as Ken Freneau

Lois Maxwell as Julia Kane

Dorothy Peterson as Minta Hagen

Charles Kemper as Jim Hagen

Conrad Janis as Dewey Koons

Jean Porter as Sharon Bailey

Penny Edwards as Christine Delaney

Harry Davenport as Judge Merrivale

Nella Walker as Molly Freneau

Winifred Harris as Selma Delaney

Moroni Olsen as Trenton Gateley

Frank Conroy as Dr. Stone

Kathryn Card as Miss Grover

Douglas Kennedy as Herb Delaney

Barbara Brown as Lorna Gateley

Tom Fadden as Village Loafer

Gino Corrado as Bartender (uncredited)

William Edmunds as Corey (uncredited)

William B. Davidson as Mr. Bowman (uncredited)

Virginia Farmer as Millie Corey (uncredited)

Milton Parsons as Al (uncredited)

Constance Purdy as Ruth Laverty (uncredited)

Helen Wallace as Rose Halliday (uncredited)

Anthony Warde as Eddie (uncredited)

Edward Murphy as College Student (uncredited)