Of Human Hearts

Overview

This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.

Directed by Clarence Brown

Top cast

Walter Huston

Ethan Wilkins

James Stewart

Jason Wilkins

Beulah Bondi

Mary Wilkins

Gene Reynolds

Jason Wilkins as a Child

Guy Kibbee

George Ames

Charles Coburn

Dr. Charles Shingle

John Carradine

President Lincoln

Ann Rutherford

Annie Hawks

Leatrice Joy Gilbert

Annie Hawks as a Child

Charley Grapewin

Jim Meeker

Leona Roberts

Sister Clarke

Gene Lockhart

Quid

Clem Bevans

Elder Massey

Arthur Aylesworth

Rufus Inchpin

Sterling Holloway

Chauncey Ames

C

Charles Peck

Chauncey Ames as a Child

Robert McWade

Dr. Lupus Crumm

Minor Watson

Captain Griggs

Ward Bond

Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)

F

Frank McGlynn Jr.

Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)

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