"An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII."
Charles Laughton
as Jocko Wilson
Binnie Barnes
as Aggie Dawlins
Richard Carlson
as Nipper Wilson
Donna Reed
as Mary Wilson
Christopher Severn
as Nipper Wilson (child)
Clyde Cook
as Ginger Gaffney
Stephen McNally
as Dusty Rhodes
Arthur Shields
as Father Polycarp
Evelyn Falke
as Mary, as a child
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Boots
André Charlot
as Father Antoine
Peter Lawford
as Mr. Jones
Luis Alberni
as Dino Piza
Eily Malyon
as Sarah
Ian Wolfe
as Soldier
Freddie Steele
as Terry McGroth - Boxer (uncredited)
Philip Ahn
as English-Speaking Japanese Aviator (uncredited)
Richard Ainley
as Military Doctor (uncredited)
as Dino Piza (uncredited)
Eric Alden
as Newsman (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
as Tipsy Anzac Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Z. Leonard
Director
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Lon Jones
Technical Advisor
Producer
George White
Editor
Orville O. Dull
Glen Barner
Assistant Set Decoration
Tom Seller
Screenplay
Bogart Rogers
Original Story
Earl K. Brent
Music
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Gile Steele
Costume Design
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Wells Root
Mark Kelly
Stephen Goosson
Assistant Art Director
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
David Snell
Original Music Composer
