This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.
Walter Huston
James Stewart
Beulah Bondi
Gene Reynolds
Guy Kibbee
Charles Coburn
John Carradine
Ann Rutherford
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Charley Grapewin
Leona Roberts
Gene Lockhart
Clem Bevans
Arthur Aylesworth
Sterling Holloway
Charles Peck
Robert McWade
Minor Watson
Ward Bond
Frank McGlynn Jr.