"A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion."
Gene Tierney
as Miranda Wells
Walter Huston
as Ephraim Wells
Vincent Price
as Nicholas Van Ryn
Glenn Langan
as Dr. Jeff Turner
Anne Revere
as Abigail Wells
Spring Byington
as Magda
Connie Marshall
as Katrine Van Ryn
Harry Morgan
as Klaas Bleecker
Vivienne Osborne
as Johanna Van Ryn
Jessica Tandy
as Peggy O'Malley
Trudy Marshall
as Elizabeth Van Borden
Gertrude Astor
as Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Baldwin
as Farmer (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington
as Dowager (uncredited)
Scott Elliott
as Tommy Wells (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
as Murdered Man (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Servant (uncredited)
Charles Waldron
Arthur Aylesworth
Shelby Bacon
as Dancer (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
as Tom Wilson (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Bill Carter
as Man (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Edwin Davis
Wally Dean
Nestor Eristoff
Tom Fadden
as Otto Gebhardt (uncredited)
Betty Fairfax
as Mrs. McNab (uncredited)
George Ford
Ruth Ford
as Cornelia Van Borden (uncredited)
Michael Garrison
as Zack Wilson (uncredited)
Henry Hebert
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert "Buzz" Henry
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
as Mr. McNabb (uncredited)
Harry Humphrey
Boyd Irwin
as Tompkins the Butler (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
Virginia Lee
as Helena Vanderhyde (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
Thomas Martin
Walter Marx
as Boy (uncredited)
Jane Nigh
as Tabby Wells (uncredited)
Steve Olsen
as Vendor on Boat (uncredited)
Francis Pierlot
as Dr. Brown (uncredited)
Addison Richards
as Head Farmer (uncredited)
Mickey Roth
as Nathaniel Wells (uncredited)
Alexander Sascha
Reinhold Schünzel
as Count De Grenier (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
as Astor House Clerk (uncredited)
Art Thompson
David Vallard
as Obadiah (uncredited)
Nanette Vallon
as French Countess (uncredited)
Maya Van Horn
as Countess De Grenier (uncredited)
Elizabeth Williams
Al Winters
Douglas Wood
as Mayor Curtis (uncredited)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer
Director
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Arthur C. Miller
Director of Photography
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Anya Seton
Novel
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
W.D. Flick
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Ernst Lubitsch
Producer
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Darryl F. Zanuck
J. Russell Spencer
René Hubert
Costume Design
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Ralph O. Hammeras
Modeling
Johnny Johnson
Assistant Director
Paul S. Fox
Arthur Appel
Choreographer
Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Katherine Lambert
Research Assistant
Frances C. Richardson
Researcher