Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.
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Greer Garson as Edna Gladney
Walter Pidgeon as Sam Gladney
Felix Bressart as Dr. Max Breslar
Marsha Hunt as Charlotte
Fay Holden as Mrs. Catherine Kahly
Samuel S. Hinds as Mr. George Kahley
Kathleen Howard as Mrs. Sarah Keats
George Lessey as Mr. Keats
William Henry as Allan Keats
Henry O'Neill as Judge
John Eldredge as Damon McPherson
Clinton Rosemond as Zeke
Theresa Harris as Cleo
Charles Arnt as G. Harrington Hedger
Cecil Cunningham as Mrs. Marcus Gilworth
Marc Lawrence as Bert La Verne
Edith Evanson as Hilda
Edward Fielding as Judge
Harry Hayden as Senator
Howard Hickman as Senator
Selmer Jackson as Senator
Cy Kendall as Harrington
Clarence Kolb as Senator
Carroll Nye as Mr. Loring
Oscar O'Shea as Dr. West
Emory Parnell as Senator
Almira Sessions as Mrs. Brown
Emmett Vogan as Joshua Bedlow
Douglas Wood as Senator
Will Wright as Senator
Mary Taylor as Helen
Claire Du Brey as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
Frank Faylen as Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
Edwin Maxwell as City Councilman
Frank McLure as Senate Gallery Spectator
Roger Moore as Notary
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