This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
as Magnolia
as Gaylord Ravenal
as Parthenia Ann Hawks
as Capt. Andy Hawks
as Julie Dozier
as Windy
as Magnolia as Child / Kim
as Schultzy
as Elly
as Joe
as Joe [prologue]
as Queenie [prologue]
as Himself [prologue]
as Julie LaVerne [prologue]
as Himself [prologue]
as Utility Man
as Child
as Steve Baker
as Stagehand
as Wheelsman (uncredited)
as Means
as Queenie
as Frank
as The Killer
