Alfred Hitchcock Director Teresa Wright Young Charlie Newton Actor Joseph Cotten Charlie Oakley Actor Macdonald Carey Jack Graham Actor Hume Cronyn Herbie Hawkins Actor Henry Travers Joseph Newton Actor Patricia Collinge Emma Newton Actor Edna May Wonacott Ann Newton Actor Wallace Ford Fred Saunders Actor Irving Bacon Station Master Actor Charles Bates Roger Newton Actor Clarence Muse Railroad Porter Actor Janet Shaw Louise Actor Minerva Urecal Mrs. Henderson (clerk at telegraph office) (uncredited) Actor Isabel Randolph Mrs. Margaret Green (uncredited) Actor Eily Malyon Librarian (uncredited) Actor Gordon McDonell Writer Thornton Wilder Screenwriter Sally Benson Screenwriter Alma Reville Screenwriter Jack H. Skirball Producer Joseph A. Valentine Cinematographer Milton Carruth Film Editing Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Robert F. Boyle Art Director John B. Goodman Art Director Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration Edward R. Robinson Set Decoration Adrian Costume Design Vera West Costume Design Ralph Slosser Second Assistant Director William Tummel Assistant Director Bernard B. Brown Sound Robert Pritchard Sound Technician Charles Previn Music Director