"Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost."
Claudette Colbert
as Nora Trinell
John Payne
as Dan Hopkins
Shepperd Strudwick
as Dewey Roberts
Ann E. Todd
as Kate Hill
Douglas Croft
as Dewey Roberts as a boy
Jane Seymour
as Mrs. Roberts
Anne Revere
as Miss Nadine Price
Bess Flowers
as Lady in Political Entourage
Frieda Inescort
as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
Harry Hayden
as Mr. Roberts
Francis Pierlot
as Mr. Steele
Marie Blake
as Miss Cartwright
William Henderson
as Peter
Chick Chandler
as Mr. Mason
Selmer Jackson
as Graham
William Halligan
as Tom Hanlon
George Ernest
as Bill Tower
Harry Tyler
as Mr. Avery
Jody Gilbert
as Mrs. Martha Avery
Irving Bacon
as Cecil
Paul Harvey
as Sen. Phillips
Thurston Hall
as Gov. Teller
Billy Dawson
as Steve Hill
George Chandler
as Telegraph clerk
Geraldine Hall
as Beaulah
James Blaine
as Doorman
John Bohn
as Photographer
Virginia Brissac
as Mrs. Hill
William Byrne
as Student
Harry Carter
as Reporter
William B. Davidson
as Committeeman
Edgar Dearing
as Detective
George Dobbs
Lester Dorr
Byron Foulger
as Mr. Blanton - Photographer
Ethel Griffies
as Undetermined Role
Harry Harvey Jr.
as Third Baseman
John Hiestand
as Radio Announcer
David Holt
as Pitcher (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
as Boy
Darwood Kaye
Vera Lewis
as Teacher
Kay Linaker
as Society Reporter
Robert Lowery
as Hotel P.A. Announcer
Mae Marsh
Paul McVey
as Jeweler
Frank Melton
Roseanne Murray
as Jane - Flower Girl
Wedgwood Nowell
as Man Awaiting Dewey's Arrival
Steve O'Brien
as Bellboy
Paddy O'Flynn
George O'Hara
Arthur Rankin
Ruth Robinson
as Mrs. Petit
Mel Ruick
as Hotel Clerk
Paul Stanton
Charles Tannen
as Slicker
Maxine Tucker
Truman Van Dyke
Lillian West
Cecil Weston
Allen Wood
Florence Wright
as Beaulah's Assistant
Marion Gray
as
Henry King
Director
Philo Higley
Theatre Play
Frank Davis
Screenplay
Tess Slesinger
Allan Scott
Philip Dunning