Top Billed Cast

Claudette Colbert
Mrs. Anne Hilton
Jennifer Jones
Jane Deborah Hilton
Joseph Cotten
Lieutenant Tony Willett
Shirley Temple
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
Monty Woolley
Colonel William G. Smollett
Lionel Barrymore
Clergyman
Robert Walker
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II
Hattie McDaniel
Fidelia
Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Emily Hawkins
Alla Nazimova
Zofia Koslowska
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden
Gordon Oliver
Marine Officer Seeking Room
Keenan Wynn
Lieutenant Solomon
Guy Madison
Sailor Harold E. Smith
Craig Stevens
Danny Williams
Lloyd Corrigan
Mr. Mahoney - Grocer
Jackie Moran
Johnny Mahoney
Dorothy Adams
Nurse (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Conrad Binyon
Page Boy (uncredited)
Dorothy Dandridge
Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
John Derek
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jimmie Dodd
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Rhonda Fleming
Girl at Dance (uncredited)
Ann Gillis
Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Eager Sailor (uncredited)
Warren Hymer
Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Andrew V. McLaglen
Former Plowboy (uncredited)
Terry Moore
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Ruth Roman
Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver
Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)
Butterfly McQueen
WAC Sergeant (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Sep 06 2022

Claudette Colbert is great as the struggling "Anne", who must bring up her two daughters "Jane" (Jennifer Jones) and "Brig" (Shirley Temple) whilst her husband is off fighting in WWII. To assist with the usual problems of making ends meet, she must take in a lodger "Col. Smollett" (Monty Woolley). At times you cannot help but feel for this poor lady who is constantly at the end of her tether. Their lodger is fastidious to say the least - he hates children, pets and yes, who better to illustrate that military pomposity than an on-form Woolley. To add to her woes, the young "Jane" is obsessed wit...