"Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way."
Spencer Tracy
as Stanley T. Banks
Joan Bennett
as Ellie Banks
Elizabeth Taylor
as Kay Banks
Don Taylor
as Buckley Dunstan
Billie Burke
as Doris Dunstan
Leo G. Carroll
as Mr. Massoula
Moroni Olsen
as Herbert Dunstan
Melville Cooper
as Mr. Tringle
Taylor Holmes
as Warner
Paul Harvey
as Reverend Galsworthy
Frank Orth
as Joe
Russ Tamblyn
as Tommy Banks
Tom Irish
as Ben Banks
Marietta Canty
as Delilah
Richard Alexander
as Moving Man with Screen (uncredited)
Don Anderson
as Usher (uncredited)
William Bailey
as Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Fay Baker
as Miss Bellamy (uncredited)
Lucile Barnes
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
as Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Joe Brown Jr.
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Frank Cady
as Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
Aileen Carlyle
Carleton Carpenter
as Party Guest / Usher With Coke (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
as Barman (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
as Waiter (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Lucille Curtis
Roy Damron
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Boyd Davis
Chris Drake
Jacqueline Duval
as Peg (uncredited)
Ella Ethridge
as Woman in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Betty Farrington
Janey Fay
Charles Ferguson
Bess Flowers
as Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
Mickey Golden
Herschel Graham
William E. Greene
as Sad-Faced Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
William Haade
as Policeman (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Bradford Hatton
as Florist (uncredited)
Jim Hayward
Thomas Browne Henry
as Stranger (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Wedding Guest in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Art Howard
Frank Hyers
as Duffy - Cameraman (uncredited)
Walter Kelley
Ann Kunde
Peggy Leon
Beverly Luff
Billy Mahan
Thomas Martin
Paul Maxey
as Party Guest
as Fat Man (uncredited)
Mickey McCardle
Philo McCullough
Russell Meeker
Harold Miller
Patricia Miller
as Wispy Girl (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Sol Murgi
Forbes Murray
William H. O'Brien
Gil Perkins
Ralph Peters
as Moving Man with Marquee (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Dorothy Phillips
as Woman in Nightmare Sequence (uncredited)
William Phillips
as Foreman of Moving Men (uncredited)
Frank Richards
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
as Moving Man with Lamp (uncredited)
Fred Santley
Cosmo Sardo
Scott Seaton
Erin Selwyn
Charles Smith
Mary Jane Smith
as Effie (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
as Fritz the Organist (uncredited)
Harry Stanton
Larry Steers
Brick Sullivan
Floyd Taylor
Peter M. Thompson
Nancy Valentine
as Fliss (uncredited)
Wendy Waldron
Johnny Walsh
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Willard Waterman
as Vincent Dixon (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
as Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)
Jeff York
Vincente Minnelli
Director
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Adolph Deutsch
Original Music Composer
Ferris Webster
Editor
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
Albert Hackett
Edward Streeter
Novel
John Alton
Director of Photography
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
F. Keogh Gleason
Assistant Set Decoration
Leonid Vasian
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Walter Plunkett
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
John Truwe
Makeup Artist