Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

Fredric March
as William Spence

Martha Scott
as Hope Morris Spence

Beulah Bondi
as Lydia Sandow

Gene Lockhart
as Preston Thurston

Elisabeth Fraser
as Eileen Spence at Age 17

Harry Davenport
as Elias Samson

Laura Hope Crews
as Mrs. Preston Thurston

Grant Mitchell
as Clayton Potter

Moroni Olsen
as Dr. John Romer

Frankie Thomas
as Hartzell Spence
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I was a little apprehensive when this started. I though we were in for one of those twee American bible-thumping exercises with soft choral music and rousing sermons. Actually, though, it’s quite a fun chronology of the life of pastor “Spence” (Fredric March) and his wife “Hope” (Martha Scott). To b...