"When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry she decides to hold classes in her house and believes that Morgan is smart enough to attend Oxford."
Bette Davis
as Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat
Nigel Bruce
as The Squire
Rhys Williams
as Mr. Jones
Rosalind Ivan
as Mrs. Watty
Mildred Dunnock
as Miss Ronberry
Arthur Shields
as Glyn Thomas
Gwyneth Hughes
as Sarah Pugh
William Roy
as Idwal Morris
Thomas Louden
as Old Tom
John Dall
as Morgan Evans
Joan Lorring
as Bessie Watty
Arnet Amos
as Miner (uncredited)
Carol Ann Beekly
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Arthur Carrington
as Infant (uncredited)
Ralph Cathey
as Eddie (uncredited)
Michael Chapin
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
Robert Cherry
as Dai Evans (uncredited)
Sanders Clark
as Welshman (uncredited)
Robert Cory
as Miner in Bar (uncredited)
Elliott Dare
as William Davis (uncredited)
Faye Davis
as Milkmaid (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
as Old Woman Reading (uncredited)
John Dehner
Joan Drake
Sarah Edwards
as Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited)
Tony Ellis
as Will Hughes (uncredited)
Billy Evans
Herbert Evans
Margaret Hoffman
as Militant Corps Woman (uncredited)
David Hughes
Brandon Hurst
as Lewellyn Powell (uncredited)
Gwilym Isaac
David Martin Jones
George Mathews
as Trap Driver (uncredited)
Nola Modine
Leonard Mudie
as Station Master (uncredited)
Jack Owens
as Tudor (uncredited)
Robert Regent
as Rhys Norman (uncredited)
Gene Ross
as Gwilym Jones (uncredited)
Brad Towne
as Townsman (uncredited)
Leslie Vincent
as John Owen (uncredited)
Jack Watt
as Squire's Groom (uncredited)
Rhoda Williams
as Wylodine (uncredited)
Technical Advisor
Irving Rapper
Director
Emlyn Williams
Theatre Play
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Carl Jules Weyl
Art Direction
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Jack Chertok
Producer
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Fred M. MacLean
Set Decoration
Frederick Richards
Editor
Robert Vreeland
Assistant Director
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Paul Detlefsen
Matte Painter
Robert B. Lee
Sound
Frank Cavett
Screenplay
Harold Noyes
Grip
Edwin Allen
Bert Shipman
Camera Operator
Hugo Friedhofer
Music Arranger
Jane Bardwell
Research Assistant
Charles O'Bannon
Gaffer
Morris Goldman
Props
Eric Stacey
Unit Manager
Casey Robinson
Olga Collings
Hairstylist
Bill Cooley
Charles David Forrest
Sound Mixer
Fred Morgan
Still Photographer
Gerald W. Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert G. Wayne
Hans F. Koenekamp
Special Effects
Sam Mendelson
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Gareth Hughes
Dialect Coach
Herman Lissauer
Researcher
Robert Hoffman
Assistant Camera
James Leicester
Editorial Services