Director: Victor Saville

Writers: Robert Ardrey; Sonya Levien

From novel by: A. J. Cronin

Musical Score: Herbert Stothart

Producer: Leon Gordon

Keywords: Drama, Coming of Age

Coming-of-age story of Robie, an orphaned Irish-Catholic boy who lives with his Presbyterian maternal grandparents in Scotland, both parsimonious and sanctimonious. He finds friendship with his great-grandfather, "Grandpa Gow", an imperfect man but free-spirited and of good heart. Received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Andy Clyde	Actor	25-Mar-1892	18-May-1967	Cully Wilson on Lassie
Charles Coburn	Actor	17-Jun-1877	30-Aug-1961	The More the Merrier
Gladys Cooper	Actor	18-Dec-1888	17-Nov-1971	My Fair Lady
Hume Cronyn	Actor	18-Jul-1911	15-Jun-2003	Cocoon
Tom Drake	Actor	5-Aug-1918	11-Aug-1982	Meet Me In St. Louis
Wallace Ford	Actor	12-Feb-1898	11-Jun-1966	A Patch of Blue
Richard Haydn	Actor	10-Mar-1905	25-Apr-1985	The Sound of Music
Norman Lloyd	Actor	8-Nov-1914		Dr. Auschlander on St. Elsewhere
Henry O'Neill	Actor	10-Aug-1891	18-May-1961	Anchors Aweigh
Selena Royle	Actor	6-Nov-1904	23-Apr-1983	The Fighting Sullivans
Henry Stephenson	Actor	16-Apr-1871	24-Apr-1956	The Prince and the Pauper
Dean Stockwell	Actor	5-Mar-1936		Blue Velvet
Jessica Tandy	Actor	7-Jun-1909	11-Sep-1994	Driving Miss Daisy
Beverly Tyler	Actor	5-Jul-1927	23-Nov-2005	The Green Years
Norma Varden	Actor	20-Jan-1898	19-Jan-1989	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

CAST

Starring
Charles Coburn	...   Alexander Gow
with
Tom Drake	...   Robert Shannon (as a Young Man)
Beverly Tyler	...   Alison Keith (as a Young Woman)
Hume Cronyn	...   Papa Leckie
and
Gladys Cooper	...   Grandma Leckie
Dean Stockwell	...   Robert Shannon (as a Child)
Selena Royle	...   Mama Leckie
Jessica Tandy	...   Kate Leckie
Richard Haydn	...   Jason Reid
Andy Clyde	...   Saddler Boag
Norman Lloyd	...   Adam Leckie
Robert North	...   Murdoch Leckie
Wallace Ford	...   Jamie Nigg
Eilene Janssen	...   Alison Keith (as a Child)
Hank Daniels	...   Gavin Blair (as a Young Man)
Richard Lyon	...   Gavin Blair (as a Child)
Henry O'Neill	...   Canon Roche
Henry Stephenson	...   Blakely
Norma Varden	...   Mrs. Bosomley

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