
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