Claudette Colbert

as Mrs. Anne Hilton

Jennifer Jones

as Jane Deborah Hilton

Joseph Cotten

as Lieutenant Tony Willett

Shirley Temple

as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton

Monty Woolley

as Colonel William G. Smollett

Lionel Barrymore

as Clergyman

Robert Walker

as Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II

Hattie McDaniel

as Fidelia

Agnes Moorehead

as Mrs. Emily Hawkins

Alla Nazimova

as Zofia Koslowska

Albert Bassermann

as Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden

Gordon Oliver

as Marine Officer Seeking Room

Keenan Wynn

as Lieutenant Solomon

Guy Madison

as Sailor Harold E. Smith

Craig Stevens

as Danny Williams

Lloyd Corrigan

as Mr. Mahoney - Grocer

Jackie Moran

as Johnny Mahoney

Dorothy Adams

as Nurse (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Conrad Binyon

as Page Boy (uncredited)

Dorothy Dandridge

as Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)

John Derek

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Jimmie Dodd

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Rhonda Fleming

as Girl at Dance (uncredited)

Ann Gillis

as Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

as Eager Sailor (uncredited)

Warren Hymer

as Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

as Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Andrew V. McLaglen

as Former Plowboy (uncredited)

Terry Moore

as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle

as Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Ruth Roman

as Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

as Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver

as Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)

Butterfly McQueen

as WAC Sergeant (uncredited)