The Romance of Rosy Ridge

A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.

Cast

Van Johnson

as Henry Carson

Thomas Mitchell

as Gill MacBean

Janet Leigh

as Lissy Anne MacBean

Marshall Thompson

as Ben Mac Bean

Selena Royle

as Sairy MacBean

Charles Dingle

as John Dessark

Dean Stockwell

as Andrew MacBean

Guy Kibbee

as Cal Baggett

Elisabeth Risdon

as Emily Baggett

Jim Davis

as Badge Dessark

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