The Little Minister

The Little Minister

110 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 28, 1934

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.

The Little Minister

110 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 28, 1934

The Little Minister
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title The Little Minister
Directors Tommy Thompson, Carl Dreher, Edward Killy, Richard Wallace
Writers Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman, Jane Murfin, J.M. Barrie

Cast

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

Mary Gordon

as Nanny

Frank Conroy

as Lord Rintoul

Eily Malyon

as Evalina

Reginald Denny

as Captain Halliwell

Leonard Carey

as Hendry Munn

Herbert Bunston

as Mr. Carfrae

Harry Beresford

as John Spens

Barlowe Borland

as Snecky Hobart

Marion Clayton Anderson

as Mrs. McClarity

Jane Baxter

as Maid Helping with Wedding Dress

May Beatty

as Rintoul's Maid Making Wedding Dress

Ted Billings

as Villager

Elsa Buchanan

as Villager

E. E. Clive

as Sheriff Greer

Charles Coleman

as Sergeant of the Guard

Alec Craig

as Villager Saying 'Reverend Is Single'

Herbert Evans

as Peter Tosh

Byron Foulger

as Villager at Stabbing

Brandon Hurst

as Anders Strothers

Olaf Hytten

as Cruickshank

Charles Irwin

as John McClarity

William Jeffrey

as Villager

Tiny Jones

as Villager

Dan Maxwell

as Bit Role

Robert McKenzie

as Villager in Church

Charles McNaughton

as Villager Warning That Soldiers Are Coming

Leonard Mudie

as Villager

Anna Q. Nilsson

as Villager

Joseph North

as Rintoul's Butler

Elsie Prescott

as Yelling Villager

Ivan F. Simpson

as Sanders Webster

David Thursby

as Villager in Church