American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.

Irene Dunne
as Susan Dunn

Alan Marshal
as John Ashwood

Roddy McDowall
as John Ashwood II as a Boy

Frank Morgan
as Hiram Porter Dunn

Van Johnson
as Sam Bennett

C. Aubrey Smith
as Walter Forsythe

May Whitty
as Nanny

Gladys Cooper
as Jean Ashwood

Peter Lawford
as John Ashwood II as a Young Man

John Warburton
as Reggie Ashwood
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Irene Dunne is superb here as a young American woman “Susan”, who travels to the UK with her grumpy, well meaning - indeed every inch his "Wizard of Oz" - father Frank Morgan (“Hiram") Once she arrives, she goes to a fancy ball where she meets and falls for the dashing "Sir John Ashwood" (Alan Marsh...