The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.

Katharine Hepburn
as Barbara 'Babbie'

John Beal
as Révérend Gavin Dishart

Alan Hale
as Rob Daw

Donald Crisp
as Docteur McQueen

Lumsden Hare
as Tammas Whammond

Andy Clyde
as Wearyworld The Policeman

Beryl Mercer
as Margaret

Billy Watson
as Micah

Dorothy Stickney
as Jean

Mary Gordon
as Nanny