"A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer."
Jane Wyman
as Selina De Jong
Sterling Hayden
as Pervis De Jong
Steve Forrest
as Dirk De Jong
Nancy Olson
as Dallas O'Mara
Elisabeth Fraser
as Julie Hempel
Martha Hyer
as Paula Hempel
Roland Winters
as Klaas Pool
Richard Beymer
as Roelf, Age 12-16
Sue George
as Girl (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
as Ed (uncredited)
Vera Miles
Jacques Aubuchon
as August Hempel
Tommy Rettig
as Dirk, age 8
Dorothy Christy
as Widow Paarlenberg
Walter Coy
as Roelf Pool
Robert Wise
Director
John Twist
Writer
Henry Blanke
Producer
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
John Beckman
Art Direction
Ellsworth Fredericks
Director of Photography
Thomas Reilly
Editor
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
George James Hopkins
Set Decoration
Howard Shoup
Betty Delmont
Hairstylist
Herschel Brown
Grip
Edna Ferber
Author