All I Desire

In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

as Naomi Murdoch

Richard Carlson

as Henry Murdoch

Lyle Bettger

as Dutch Heineman

Marcia Henderson

as Joyce Murdoch

Lori Nelson

as Lily Murdoch

Maureen O'Sullivan

as Sara Harper

Richard Long

as Russ Underwood

Billy Gray

as Ted Murdoch

Lotte Stein

as Lena Maria Svensen

Dayton Lummis

as Colonel Underwood

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