

“It's the Book with a Heartful of Love that Thrilled Millions!”
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.
Directed by Victor Saville
User score
16 votes
Released
July 4, 1946
2h 7m
English
Budget → Revenue
$2.3M → $6.7M

Charles Coburn
Alexander Gow

Tom Drake
Robert Shannon as young man

Hume Cronyn
Papa Leckie

Gladys Cooper
Grandma Leckie

Dean Stockwell
Robert Shannon as a child

Selena Royle
Mama Leckie

Jessica Tandy
Kate Leckie

Richard Haydn
Jason Reid

Andy Clyde
Saddler Boag

Norman Lloyd
Adam Leckie
Robert North
Murdoch Leckie

Beverly Tyler
Alison Keith as a young lady

Wallace Ford
Jamie Nigg

Eilene Janssen
Alison Keith as a child
Richard Lyon
Gavin Blair as a child

Henry O'Neill
Canon Roche

Henry Stephenson
Blakely

Norma Varden
Mrs. Bosomley

Henry H. Daniels Jr.
Gavin Blair as a young man
Ada Adams
Alison's Mother