Cary Grant

Matt Howard

Martha Scott

Jane Peyton-Howard

Cedric Hardwicke

Fleetwood Peyton

Alan Marshal

Roger Peyton

Richard Carlson

Thomas Jefferson

Paul Kelly

Capt. Jabez Allen

Irving Bacon

Tom Norton

Elisabeth Risdon

Aunt Clarissa

Anne Revere

Mrs. Betsy Norton

Tom Drake

James Howard at 16

Phil Taylor

Peyton Howard at 18

Rita Quigley

Mary Howard at 17

Libby Taylor

Dicey

Richard Gaines

Patrick Henry

George Houston

George Washington

Ralph Byrd

James Howard

Dickie Jones

Matt Howard at 12

Buster Phelps

Thomas Jefferson at 11

Wade Boteler

Uncle Reuben

Mary Field

Susan Howard

Roy Gordon

Col. Jefferson

Charles Francis

Mr. Douglas

Peter Cushing

Leslie Stephens

John Gallaudet

Backwoodsman (uncredited)

J. Anthony Hughes

Tidewater Representative (uncredited)

Terry Moore

Neighbor Girl (uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.

Backwoodsman (uncredited)

Dan White

Will (uncredited)

Conrad Binyon

Neighbor Boy

Bobby Callahan

Lane Chandler

Major

Vernon Downing

John Walker

Eddie Dunn

Dunkel

Sarah Edwards

Neighbor Girl

Tom Fadden

Backwoodsman

Joe Farey

Dunkel

Leon Farey

Dunkel

Ralph Gilliam

Jesse Graves

Robert

J. Franklin Harrison

June Hedin

Young Mary Howard

Leyland Hodgson

British Officer

Brandon Hurst

Wilton

Olaf Hytten

Witt

Boyd Irwin

Speaker of the House of Burgess

Claude King

Governor of Virginia

Leonard Lawrence

Richard Lyon

Young Peyton Howard

Virginia Sale

Neighbor Girl

Pat Somerset

Backwoodsman

Rafael Alcayde

Lafayette

Emmett Vogan

Representative

Eddy Waller

Patriot Scout

Dick Wessel

Backwoodsman

James Westerfield

Backwoodsman

Alan Ladd

Backwoodsman (uncredited)

George Boyce

Representative