Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch. When Opie finds out that Connie, who is expecting a baby, can not afford the steaks she yearns for on Joe's salary, Opie, who believes that pregnant women gotta have meat, arranges for the local butcher, Spangenberg to cut his prices in half (with Opie paying the difference) so that Connie can have the meat she desires.
Cast
Van Johnson
Joe Bedloe
Janet Leigh
Connie Bedloe
Louis Calhern
Opie Bedloe
Walter Slezak
Emil Spangenberg
Gene Lockhart
Dean Edward E. Magruder
Hayden Rorke
Prof. Simmons
Robert Burton
Dr. Willis Shoop
Marilyn Erskine
Phyllis Archibald
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Martha Magruder
Arthur Space
Prof. Archie Archibald
Barbara Ruick
Barbara
June Whitley Taylor
Betty Simmons (as June Whitley)
Dick Sands
Moska
James Flavin
Harry (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Prof. Rosenberg (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Mother of Twins (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Mr. Daveney (uncredited)
Crew
Edward Buzzell
Director
Max Shulman
Screenplay, Story
Herman Wouk
Novel
Fredrick Y. Smith
Editor
Harold Lipstein
Cinematography
Dolph Zimmer
Assistant Director
Stephen Ames
Producer
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
David Rose
Music
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Leonid Vasian
Art Direction
