Happy Land
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
Don Ameche
Lew Marsh
Frances Dee
Agnes Marsh
Harry Carey
Edward "Gramp" Marsh
Ann Rutherford
Lenore Prentiss
Cara Williams
Gretchen Barry
Richard Crane
Rusty Marsh
Harry Morgan
Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
Minor Watson
Judge Colvin
Dickie Moore
Peter Orcutt
Richard Abbott
Reverend Wood (uncredited)
Jackie Averill
Tod (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Clerk (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson
Mattie Dyer (uncredited)
Marjorie Cooley
Teacher (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Mrs. Schneider (uncredited)
John Dilson
Charles Clayton (uncredited)
Ned Dobson Jr.
Jackie (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Old Man Bowers (uncredited)
Elvin Field
Joe (uncredited)
Reed Hadley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Darla Hood
Lenore Prentiss, age 12 (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Shep Wayne (uncredited)
Pass Le Noir
Dr. Hammond (uncredited)
Terry Masengale
Arch (uncredited)
Edwin Mills
Bud (uncredited)
Matt Moore
Mr. Prentiss (uncredited)
Roseanne Murray
Mrs. Velma Jacobson (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien
Chris (uncredited)
Larry Olsen
Rusty, age 5 (uncredited)
Oscar O'Shea
Father Case (uncredited)
Irving Pichel
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
June Preston
Mrs. Prentiss' Daughter (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Mrs. Prentiss (uncredited)
Juanita Quigley
Sally Pierce (uncredited)
James J. Smith
Everett Moore (uncredited)
Houseley Stevenson
Sam Watson (uncredited)
Tom Stevenson
Mr. MacMurray (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
Mayor (uncredited)
Bernard Thomas
Sam Kendall (uncredited)
Larry Thompson
Andy Jacobson (uncredited)
William Weber
Bill Beecher (uncredited)
Paul Weigel
Pop Schmidt (uncredited)
James West
Rusty, ages 12 to 16 (uncredited)
Leigh Whipper
Old Ben (uncredited)
Mary Wickes
Emmy (uncredited)
Natalie Wood
Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
Kenneth Macgowan
Producer
Irving Pichel
Director
MacKinlay Kantor
Novel
Julien Josephson
Screenplay
Kathryn Scola
Screenplay
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Joseph LaShelle
Director of Photography
James Basevi
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Guy Pearce
Makeup Artist
Fred J. Rode
Set Decoration
René Hubert
Costume Designer
Cyril J. Mockridge
Music
Arthur Jacobson
Assistant Director
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Emil Newman
Music Director
J. Russell Spencer
Art Direction