Casting et équipe

Mickey RooneyHomer Macauley

Frank MorganWillie Grogan

James CraigTom Spangler

Marsha HuntDiana Steed

Fay BainterMrs. Macauley

Ray CollinsMr. Macauley

Van JohnsonMarcus Macauley

Donna ReedBess Macauley

Jackie 'Butch' JenkinsUlysses Macauley

Dorothy MorrisMary Arena

John CravenTobey George

Ann AyarsMrs. Sandoval

Mary NashMiss Hicks

Henry O'NeillCharles Steed

Katharine AlexanderMrs. Steed

Alan BaxterBrad Stickman

Darryl HickmanLionel

Barry NelsonFat

RQ

Rita QuigleyHelen Elliot

Clem BevansHenderson

Adeline De Walt ReynoldsLibrarian

Hobart CavanaughDrunk at Bar (uncredited)

Wallis ClarkSchool Principal (uncredited)

Don DeForeBernard 'Texas' Anthony (uncredited)

Byron FoulgerMr. Blenton (uncredited)

David HoltHubert Ackley III (uncredited)

Frank JenksLarry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)

Darwood KayeGang Member (uncredited)

Robert MitchumQuentin Gilford (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'ConnorBartender (uncredited)

Carl SwitzerAuggie (uncredited)