Cary Grant as George "Poppy" Rose

Betsy Drake as Anna Perrott Rose

Lurene Tuttle as Miss Kenyon

Randy Stuart as Mrs. Gladys Foreman

John Ridgely as Harry Foreman

Irving Bacon as Mayor Michael J. Kane

Mary Treen as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)

Iris Mann as Jane Miller

George Winslow as Teenie Rose

Clifford Tatum Jr. as Jimmy John Wilson

Gay Gordon as Trot

Malcolm Cassell as Tim Rose

Larry Olsen as Benji Roberts

Don Beddoe as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)

Oliver Blake as Mr. Tatum (uncredited)

Lillian Bronson as Teacher (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson as Steve (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer as Scoutmaster (uncredited)

Barry Norton as Boy Scout Ceremony Attendee (uncredited)

Tony Taylor as Joey (uncredited)

Charles Watts as Mr. Roberts

Charles Meredith as Mr. S. Thatcher

John Alban as

Mary Bayless as

John Breen as

James Conaty as

Charles Ferguson as

Elizabeth Flournoy as

Herschel Graham as Boy Scout Ceremony Attendee (uncredited)

Marion Gray as

Robert Haines as

Karen Hale as

Gretchen Hartman as

Marcoreta Hellman as

Fred Kelsey as

Doris Kemper as

Dorothy Kennedy as

Walt La Rue as

King Lockwood as

Mary Newton as

George O'Hanlon as Minor Role (uncredited)

Lillian O'Malley as Parent at Meeting (uncredited)

Ray Page as

Cynthia Pepper as

Ezelle Poule as

Felice Richmond as

Loretta Russell as

Charles Sherlock as Official at Boy Scout Ceremony (uncredited)

Stephen Wootton as

John Wilder as Senior Patrol Leader (uncredited)

Tom Wilson as Boy Scout Ceremony Attendee (uncredited)