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Linda Darnell as Virginia Clemm |
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Shepperd Strudwick as Edgar Allan Poe |
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Virginia Gilmore as Elmira Royster |
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Jane Darwell as Mariah Clemm |
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Mary Howard as Frances Allan |
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Frank Conroy as John Allan |
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Harry Morgan as Ebenezer Burling |
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Walter Kingsford as T.W. White |
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Morris Ankrum as Mr. Graham |
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William Bakewell as Hugh Pleasant |
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Francis Ford as Tavern Keeper |
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Mae Marsh as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited) |
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Bert Moorhouse as West Point Board Officer (uncredited) |
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Arthur Shields as Griswald (uncredited) |
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Skippy Wanders as Poe, age 3 |
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Freddie Mercer as Poe, age 12 |
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Erville Alderson as Burke |
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Peggy McIntyre as Elmira, age 10 |
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Frank Melton as Turner Dixon |
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Morton Lowry as Charles Dickens |
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Gilbert Emery as Thomas Jefferson |
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Edwin Stanley as Dr. Moran |
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Harry Denny as Kennedy |
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Hardie Albright as Shelton |
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Harry Carter as Jefferson's Messenger (uncredited) |
| Directing | Harry Lachman | Director |
| Production | Bryan Foy | Producer |
| Writing | Samuel Hoffenstein | Writer |
| Writing | Tom Reed | Writer |
| Camera | Lucien N. Andriot | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Fred Allen | Editor |
| Art | Nathan Juran | Art Direction |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dolly Tree | Costume Design |
