Claudette Colbert as Mrs. Anne Hilton

Jennifer Jones as Jane Deborah Hilton

Joseph Cotten as Lieutenant Tony Willett

Shirley Temple as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton

Monty Woolley as Colonel William G. Smollett

Lionel Barrymore as Clergyman

Robert Walker as Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II

Hattie McDaniel as Fidelia

Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Emily Hawkins

Alla Nazimova as Zofia Koslowska

Albert Bassermann as Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden

Gordon Oliver as Marine Officer Seeking Room

Keenan Wynn as Lieutenant Solomon

Guy Madison as Sailor Harold E. Smith

Craig Stevens as Danny Williams

Lloyd Corrigan as Mr. Mahoney - Grocer

Jackie Moran as Johnny Mahoney

Dorothy Adams as Nurse (uncredited)

Irving Bacon as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Conrad Binyon as Page Boy (uncredited)

Dorothy Dandridge as Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)

John Derek as Minor Role (uncredited)

Jimmie Dodd as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Rhonda Fleming as Girl at Dance (uncredited)

Ann Gillis as Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)

Eddie Hall as Eager Sailor (uncredited)

Warren Hymer as Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell as Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Andrew V. McLaglen as Former Plowboy (uncredited)

Terry Moore as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle as Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Ruth Roman as Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)

Grady Sutton as Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver as Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)

Butterfly McQueen as WAC Sergeant (uncredited)