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.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Walter Huston
• James Stewart
• Beulah Bondi
• Gene Reynolds
• Guy Kibbee
• Charles Coburn
• John Carradine
• Ann Rutherford