

19/09/1940
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.

Cary Grant
as Matt Howard

Martha Scott
as Jane Peyton-Howard

Cedric Hardwicke
as Fleetwood Peyton

Alan Marshal
as Roger Peyton

Richard Carlson
as Thomas Jefferson

Paul Kelly
as Capt. Jabez Allen

Irving Bacon
as Tom Norton

Elisabeth Risdon
as Aunt Clarissa

Anne Revere
as Mrs. Betsy Norton

Tom Drake
as James Howard at 16

Phil Taylor
as Peyton Howard at 18

Rita Quigley
as Mary Howard at 17

Libby Taylor
as Dicey

Richard Gaines
as Patrick Henry

George Houston
as George Washington

Ralph Byrd
as James Howard

Dickie Jones
as Matt Howard at 12

Buster Phelps
as Thomas Jefferson at 11

Wade Boteler
as Uncle Reuben

Mary Field
as Susan Howard

Roy Gordon
as Col. Jefferson

Charles Francis
as Mr. Douglas

Peter Cushing
as Leslie Stephens

John Gallaudet
as Backwoodsman (uncredited)

J. Anthony Hughes
as Tidewater Representative (uncredited)

Terry Moore
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.
as Backwoodsman (uncredited)

Dan White
as Will (uncredited)

Conrad Binyon
as Neighbor Boy

Bobby Callahan
as

Lane Chandler
as Major

Vernon Downing
as John Walker

Eddie Dunn
as Dunkel

Sarah Edwards
as Neighbor Girl

Tom Fadden
as Backwoodsman

Joe Farey
as Dunkel

Leon Farey
as Dunkel

Ralph Gilliam
as

Jesse Graves
as Robert

J. Franklin Harrison
as

June Hedin
as Young Mary Howard

Leyland Hodgson
as British Officer

Brandon Hurst
as Wilton

Olaf Hytten
as Witt

Boyd Irwin
as Speaker of the House of Burgess

Claude King
as Governor of Virginia

Leonard Lawrence
as

Richard Lyon
as Young Peyton Howard

Virginia Sale
as Neighbor Girl

Pat Somerset
as Backwoodsman

Rafael Alcayde
as Lafayette

Emmett Vogan
as Representative

Eddy Waller
as Patriot Scout

Dick Wessel
as Backwoodsman

James Westerfield
as Backwoodsman

Alan Ladd
as Backwoodsman (uncredited)

George Boyce
as Representative
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