La gran prueba
Jess Birdwell es el patriarca de una familia de cuáqueros, una secta cristiana que se niega a participar en las guerras. Su hijo Josh desea adherirse al pacifismo familiar pero, temiendo ser tomado por un cobarde, se alista en el ejército, lo que provoca el disgusto de su madre.
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Dorothy McGuire
Eliza Birdwell
Marjorie Main
The Widow Hudspeth
John Pickard
Ex-Sergeant on Front Line with Josh (uncredited)
Steve Warren
Haskell (uncredited)
Harry Hines
County Fair Barker (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
John Smith
Caleb Cope
John Dierkes
Farmer (uncredited)
George Huggins
Church Member (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Barker (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
Reb Courier (uncredited)
Billy Curtis
Midget at County Fair (uncredited)
Richard Garland
Rebel Bushwhacker Grabbed by Jess (uncredited)
James O'Hara
Forager (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Quaker (uncredited)
Peter Mark Richman
Gardner 'Gard' Jordan
John Compton
Rebel Lieutenant (uncredited)
Anthony Perkins
Josh Birdwell
Phyllis Love
Mattie Birdwell
William Schallert
Young Husband (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Quaker (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Clem - Looter (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Shooting Gallery Operator (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
O'Hara (uncredited)
Jim Goodwin
Coward (uncredited)
Edna Skinner
Opal Hudspeth
Donald Kerr
Billy Goat's Manager (uncredited)
Tyler McVey
Farmer (uncredited)
Robert Fuller
Youthful Soldier at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Charles Delaney
Drinker (uncredited)
Joe Turkel
Poor Loser (uncredited)
Robert Middleton
Sam Jordan
Edward Andrews
Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Jenks
Shell Game Man (uncredited)
Wright King
Forager (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Quaker (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Farmer (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
Businessman (uncredited)
Cap Somers
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Tom London
Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited)
James Seay
Rebel Captain (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Quaker (uncredited)
Mary Carr
Emma - Quaker Woman (uncredited)
John Craven
Band Leader (uncredited)
Tom Irish
Young Rebel (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
William Tannen
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
James Anderson
Poor Loser Dunked by Jess (uncredited)
Billy Engle
Small Role (uncredited)
Helen Kleeb
Old Lady (uncredited)
Theodore Newton
Major Harvey
Doug McClure
Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Catlett
Professor Quigley
Joel Fluellen
Enoch
Charles Halton
Brother Cope - Elder (uncredited)
Mary Jackson
Country Woman (uncredited)
Don Kennedy
Buster - Whacked by Eliza (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Farmer (uncredited)
Richard Eyer
Little Jess Birdwell
Nelson Leigh
Methodist Minister (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Brother Amos - Elder (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Operator (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Richard Hale
Purdy
Herman Hack
Quaker (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
Jess Birdwell
Gene Roth
Farmer (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Rebel Looter (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Lemonade Vendor (uncredited)
Diane Jergens
Elizabeth - Quaker Girl (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Carnival Patron (uncredited)