"When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him."
William Holden
as McDonald Walling
June Allyson
as Mary Blemond Walling
Barbara Stanwyck
as Julia O. Tredway
Fredric March
as Loren Phineas Shaw
Walter Pidgeon
as Frederick Y. Alderson
Shelley Winters
as Eva Bardeman
Paul Douglas
as Josiah Walter Dudley
Louis Calhern
as George Nyle Caswell
Dean Jagger
as Jesse Q. Grimm
Nina Foch
as Erica Martin
Tim Considine
as Mike Walling
William Phipps
as Bill Lundeen
Lucy Knoch
as Mrs. George Nyle Caswell
Edgar Stehli
as Julius Steigel
Mary Adams
as Sara Asenath Grimm
Virginia Brissac
as Edith Alderson
Harry Shannon
as Ed Benedeck
Maidie Norman
as Housekeeper
Raoul Freeman
as Avery Bullard (uncredited)
Robert Wise
Director
Ernest Lehman
Screenplay
Cameron Hawley
Novel
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
George Rhein
Assistant Director
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Helen Rose
Costume Designer
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
John Houseman
Producer
Jud Kinberg
Associate Producer
Al Shenberg
Unit Manager
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Conrad Kahn
Sound
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Warren Newcombe
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist