| Release Date: | May 1950 |
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| Genres: | Western / Family / Drama |
| Runtime: | 89 min |
| Cast: | Joel McCrea (Josiah Doziah Gray), Ellen Drew (Harriet Gray), Dean Stockwell (John Kenyon) Alan Hale (Jed Isbell) Lewis Stone (Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.) James Mitchell (Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.) Amanda Blake (Faith Radmore Samuels) Juano Hernandez (Uncle Famous Prill) Charles Kemper (Prof. Sam Houston Jones) Connie Gilchrist (Sarah Isbell) Ed Begley (Lon Backett) Jack Lambert (Perry Lokey) Arthur Hunnicutt (Chloroform Wiggins) Marshall Thompson (Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)) James Arness (Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)) Jessie Arnold (Annie (voice) (uncredited)) Polly Bailey (Mrs. Belsher (uncredited)) Margaret Bert (Townswoman (uncredited)) Helen Brown (Townswoman (uncredited)) Matilda Caldwell (Townswoman (uncredited)) Robert Cherry (Townsman (uncredited)) Bill Clauson (Cade Isbell (uncredited)) Chuck Courtney (Jed Isbell (uncredited)) Fred Datig Jr. (Townsman (uncredited)) Adeline De Walt Reynolds (Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)) Helen Eby-Rock (Townswoman (uncredited)) Edmund Glover (Clyde Chapman (uncredited)) Jessica Grayson (Bessie (Dr. Harris' maid) (uncredited)) Eula Guy (Townswoman (uncredited)) Ralph Hodges (Tom Isbell (uncredited)) Victor Kilian (Ned (uncredited)) Al Kunde (Townsman (uncredited)) Baron James Lichter (Townsman (uncredited)) Philo McCullough (Townsman (uncredited)) Patricia Miller (Mrs. Chapman (uncredited)) Frank Mills (Drunk in saloon (uncredited)) Howard M. Mitchell (Townsman (uncredited)) Rhea Mitchell (Mrs. Backett (uncredited)) Jimmy Moss (Bobby Sam Carroll (uncredited)) Patsy O'Byrne (Townswoman (uncredited)) Norman Ollestad (Chase Isbell (uncredited)) Frank Pharr (Townsman (uncredited)) James Pierce (Townsman (uncredited)) Carl Pitti (Townsman (uncredited)) 'Snub' Pollard (Fat Bartender (uncredited)) Alice Richey (Townswoman (uncredited)) Buddy Roosevelt (Townsman (uncredited)) Tex Terry (Townsman (uncredited)) Connie Van (Townswoman (uncredited)) Ben Watson (Gene Caldwell (uncredited)) Wilson Wood (Thad Carroll (uncredited)) |
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners. A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson's interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey's protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining. Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey's young nephew John.
