The Human Comedy
"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Great Production"
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Cast
Mickey Rooney
Homer Macauley
Frank Morgan
Willie Grogan
James Craig
Tom Spangler
Marsha Hunt
Diana Steed
Fay Bainter
Mrs. Macauley
Ray Collins
Mr. Macauley
Van Johnson
Marcus Macauley
Donna Reed
Bess Macauley
Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
Ulysses Macauley
Dorothy Morris
Mary Arena
John Craven
Tobey George
Ann Ayars
Mrs. Sandoval
Mary Nash
Miss Hicks
Henry O'Neill
Charles Steed
Katharine Alexander
Mrs. Steed
Alan Baxter
Brad Stickman
Darryl Hickman
Lionel
Barry Nelson
Fat
Rita Quigley
Helen Elliot
Clem Bevans
Henderson
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Librarian
Hobart Cavanaugh
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
School Principal (uncredited)
Don DeFore
Bernard 'Texas' Anthony (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Mr. Blenton (uncredited)
David Holt
Hubert Ackley III (uncredited)
Frank Jenks
Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)
Darwood Kaye
Gang Member (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum
Quentin Gilford (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Bartender (uncredited)
Carl Switzer
Auggie (uncredited)
Crew
Howard Estabrook
Screenplay
Herbert Stothart
Music
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
William Saroyan
Theatre Play
William Saroyan
Story
Irene
Costume Supervisor
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Hugh Hunt
Other
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Clarence Brown
Producer
Ernst Matray
Other
Clarence Brown
Director
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Conrad A. Nervig
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer