Cary Grant as Matt Howard

Martha Scott as Jane Peyton-Howard

Cedric Hardwicke as Fleetwood Peyton

Alan Marshal as Roger Peyton

Richard Carlson as Thomas Jefferson

Paul Kelly as Capt. Jabez Allen

Irving Bacon as Tom Norton

Elisabeth Risdon as Aunt Clarissa

Anne Revere as Mrs. Betsy Norton

Tom Drake as James Howard at 16

Phil Taylor as Peyton Howard at 18

Rita Quigley as Mary Howard at 17

Libby Taylor as Dicey

Richard Gaines as Patrick Henry

George Houston as George Washington

Ralph Byrd as James Howard

Dickie Jones as Matt Howard at 12

Buster Phelps as Thomas Jefferson at 11

Wade Boteler as Uncle Reuben

Mary Field as Susan Howard

Roy Gordon as Col. Jefferson

Charles Francis as Mr. Douglas

Peter Cushing as Leslie Stephens

John Gallaudet as Backwoodsman (uncredited)

J. Anthony Hughes as Tidewater Representative (uncredited)

Terry Moore as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr. as Backwoodsman (uncredited)

Dan White as Will (uncredited)

Conrad Binyon as Neighbor Boy

Bobby Callahan as

Lane Chandler as Major

Vernon Downing as John Walker

Eddie Dunn as Dunkel

Sarah Edwards as Neighbor Girl

Tom Fadden as Backwoodsman

Joe Farey as Dunkel

Leon Farey as Dunkel

Ralph Gilliam as

Jesse Graves as Robert

J. Franklin Harrison as

June Hedin as Young Mary Howard

Leyland Hodgson as British Officer

Brandon Hurst as Wilton

Olaf Hytten as Witt

Boyd Irwin as Speaker of the House of Burgess

Claude King as Governor of Virginia

Leonard Lawrence as

Richard Lyon as Young Peyton Howard

Virginia Sale as Neighbor Girl

Pat Somerset as Backwoodsman

Rafael Alcayde as Lafayette

Emmett Vogan as Representative

Eddy Waller as Patriot Scout

Dick Wessel as Backwoodsman

James Westerfield as Backwoodsman

Alan Ladd as Backwoodsman (uncredited)

George Boyce as Representative