The Human Comedy

The Human Comedy

117 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | March 2, 1943

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

The Human Comedy

117 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | March 2, 1943

The Human Comedy
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Human Comedy
Directors Clarence Brown
Writers William Saroyan, Howard Estabrook, Herman J. Mankiewicz

Cast

Mickey Rooney

as Homer Macauley

Frank Morgan

as Willie Grogan

James Craig

as Tom Spangler

Marsha Hunt

as Diana Steed

Fay Bainter

as Mrs. Macauley

Ray Collins

as Mr. Macauley

Van Johnson

as Marcus Macauley

Donna Reed

as Bess Macauley

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

as Ulysses Macauley

Dorothy Morris

as Mary Arena

John Craven

as Tobey George

Ann Ayars

as Mrs. Sandoval

Mary Nash

as Miss Hicks

Henry O'Neill

as Charles Steed

Katharine Alexander

as Mrs. Steed

Alan Baxter

as Brad Stickman

Darryl Hickman

as Lionel

Barry Nelson

as Fat

Rita Quigley

as Helen Elliot

Clem Bevans

as Henderson

Adeline De Walt Reynolds

as Librarian (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

as School Principal (uncredited)

Don DeFore

as Bernard 'Texas' Anthony (uncredited)

David Holt

as Hubert Ackley III (uncredited)

Frank Jenks

as Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)

Robert Mitchum

as Quentin 'Horse' Gilford (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Bartender (uncredited)

Carl Switzer

as Auggie (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Mr. Blenton (uncredited)