Elia Kazan Director Dorothy McGuire Katie Nolan Actor Peggy Ann Garner Francie Nolan Actor James Dunn Johnny Nolan, The Brooklyn Thrush Actor Joan Blondell Sissy Edwards Actor Lloyd Nolan Officer McShane Actor Ted Donaldson Neeley Nolan Actor James Gleason McGarrity Actor Ruth Nelson Miss McDonough Actor John Alexander Steve Edwards Actor B.S. Pully Christmas Tree Vendor Actor Ferike Boros Grandma Rommely (uncredited) Actor Charles Halton Mr. Barker (uncredited) Actor Patricia McFadden Sheila (uncredited) Actor Robert Strange Doctor (uncredited) Actor Robert Tait Street singer (uncredited) Actor J. Farrell MacDonald Carney The Junkman (uncredited) Actor Adeline De Walt Reynolds Mrs. Waters (uncredited) Actor George Melford Mr. Spencer (uncredited) Actor John Berkes Mr. Creckenbox (uncredited) Actor Lillian Bronson Librarian (uncredited) Actor Al Bridge Cheap Charlie (uncredited) Actor Joseph J. Greene Hassler (uncredited) Actor Virginia Brissac Miss Tilford (uncredited) Actor Harry Harvey Jr. Herschel Knutson (uncredited) Actor Robert J. Anderson Augie (uncredited) Actor Frank Davis Writer Anita Loos Writer Tess Slesinger Writer Betty Smith Writer Louis D. Lighton Producer Alfred Newman Original Music Leon Shamroy Cinematographer Dorothy Spencer Film Editing Lyle R. Wheeler Art Director Thomas Little Set Decoration Bonnie Cashin Costume Design