Stars in My Crown

"An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction."

Cast

Joel McCrea

as Josiah Doziah Gray

Ellen Drew

as Harriet Gray

Dean Stockwell

as John Kenyon

Alan Hale

as Jed Isbell

Lewis Stone

as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.

James Mitchell

as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.

Amanda Blake

as Faith Radmore Samuels

Juano Hernández

as Uncle Famous Prill

Charles Kemper

as Prof. Sam Houston Jones

Connie Gilchrist

as Sarah Isbell

Ed Begley

as Lon Backett

Jack Lambert

as Perry Lokey

Arthur Hunnicutt

as Chloroform Wiggins

Marshall Thompson

as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)

James Arness

as Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)

Polly Bailey

as Mrs. Belsher (uncredited)

Chuck Courtney

as Jed Isbell (uncredited)

Adeline De Walt Reynolds

as Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)

Edmund Glover

as Clyde Chapman (uncredited)

Jessica Grayson

as Bessie - Maid (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

as Ned (uncredited)

Patricia Miller

as Mrs. Chapman (uncredited)

Rhea Mitchell

as Mrs. Backett (uncredited)

Norman Ollestad

as Chase Isbell (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Bartender (uncredited)

Ben Watson

as Gene Caldwell (uncredited)

Wilson Wood

as Thad Carroll (uncredited)

Eula Guy

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Frank Mills

as Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)

Jessie Arnold

as Annie (voice) (uncredited)

Al Bain

as Townsman (uncredited)

Margaret Bert

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Helen Brown

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Matilda Caldwell

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Robert Cherry

as Townsman (uncredited)

Bill Clauson

as Cade Isbell (uncredited)

Fred Datig Jr.

as Townsman (uncredited)

Helen Eby-Rock

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Ralph Hodges

as Tom Isbell (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan

as Townsman (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

as Townsman (uncredited)

Al Kunde

as Townsman (uncredited)

Baron James Lichter

as Townsman (uncredited)

Mathew McCue

as Townsman (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

as Townsman (uncredited)

Jimmy Moss

as Bobby Sam Carroll (uncredited)

Patsy O'Byrne

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Frank Pharr

as Townsman (uncredited)

James Pierce

as Townsman (uncredited)

Carl Pitti

as Townsman (uncredited)

Alice Richey

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

as Townsman (uncredited)

Phil Schumacher

as Townsman (uncredited)

Tex Terry

as Townsman (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

as Barfly (uncredited)

Connie Van

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

as Townsman (uncredited)

Crew

Jacques Tourneur

Director

Joe David Brown

Novel

Joe David Brown

Adaptation

Margaret Fitts

Screenplay

William H. Wright

Producer

Adolph Deutsch

Original Music Composer

Charles Schoenbaum

Director of Photography

Gene Ruggiero

Editor

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Eddie Imazu

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Walter Plunkett

Costume Design

Jack Dawn

Makeup Artist

Sydney Guilaroff

Hairstylist

Sergei Petschnikoff

Production Manager

Dolph Zimmer

Assistant Director

Standish J. Lambert

Sound

Bobby Tucker

Other

Douglas Shearer

Recording Supervision

Warren Newcombe

Special Effects

Alfred E. Spencer

Assistant Set Decoration

Jack Franzen

Grip

Durward Graybill

Still Photographer

John Schmitz

Camera Operator

Harry Stradling Jr.

Assistant Camera

Alexander Courage

Orchestrator

Adolph Deutsch

Music Director

Robert Franklyn

Orchestrator

Conrad Salinger

Orchestrator

Florence Swan

Script Supervisor