Fred AstaireRicky Hawthorne

Melvyn DouglasDr. John Jaffrey

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Edward Charles Wanderley

John HousemanSears James

Craig WassonDon Wanderley / David Wanderley

Patricia NealStella Hawthorne

Alice KrigeEva Galli / Alma Mobley

Jacqueline BrookesMilly

Miguel FernandesGregory Bates

Lance HolcombFenny Bates

Mark ChamberlinYoung John Jaffrey

Tim ChoateYoung Ricky Hawthorne

Kurt JohnsonYoung Edward Wanderley

Ken OlinYoung Sears James

Brad SullivanSheriff Hardesty

Michael O'NeillChurchill

Guy BoydOmar Norris

Robert BurrPrincipal

Helena CarrollMrs. Meredith

Robin CurtisRea Dedham

Breon GormanNettie Dedham

James GreeneMailman

Ruth HuntFlorence

Deborah OffnerHelen

Virginia BinghamSears' Mother

William F. ConwaySears' Father

Russell R. BletzerReverend Wilkinson

Terrance Mario CarnesWaiter

Alfred CurvenMan in Coffin

Edward F. DillonJudge

Alvin W. FretzCoroner

Hugh HiresStudent Solt

Raymond J. QuinnRicky's Father

Barbara von ZastrowRicky's Mother

Betty LowIrmengard

Mason CardiffSchoolboy

Gale GrindleStudent

John IrvinDirector

Lawrence D. CohenScreenplay

Peter StraubNovel

Burt WeissbourdProducer