"A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors."
Leslie Howard
as Peter Standish
Heather Angel
as Helen Pettigrew
Valerie Taylor
as Kate Pettigrew
Irene Browne
as Lady Ann Pettigrew
Beryl Mercer
as Mrs. Barwick
Colin Keith-Johnston
as Tom Pettigrew
Alan Mowbray
as Major Clinton
Juliette Compton
as Duchess of Devonshire
Betty Lawford
as Marjorie Frant
Ferdinand Gottschalk
as Mr. Throstle
Samuel S. Hinds
as The American Ambassador
Olaf Hytten
as Sir Joshua Reynolds
David Torrence
as Lord Stanley
Lionel Belmore
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
as Town Crier (uncredited)
Hylda Tyson
as Maid (uncredited)
Frank Lloyd
Director
Jesse L. Lasky
Producer
Harold D. Schuster
Editor
John L. Balderston
Theatre Play
Louis De Francesco
Music Director
Screenplay
Henry James
Idea
Phil M. Friedman
Casting
Dave Regan
Assistant Camera
Original Music Composer
Robert Mayo
Casting Assistant
William S. Darling
Settings
Peter Brunelli
Harvey Clermont
Joseph E. Aiken
Sound Recordist
Charles E. McCarthy
Publicist
Earl Rettig
Unit Manager
Jack Epstein
J.S. Zamecnik
Sonya Levien
Ernest Palmer
Director of Photography
Production Design
William Lambert
Costume Design