Linda Darnell (18)

Virginia Clemm

Shepperd Strudwick (34)

Edgar Allan Poe

Virginia Gilmore (23)

Elmira Royster

Jane Darwell (62)

Mariah Clemm

Mary Howard (28)

Frances Allan

Frank Conroy (51)

John Allan

Harry Morgan (27)

Ebenezer Burling

Walter Kingsford (59)

T.W. White

Morris Ankrum (46)

Mr. Graham

William Bakewell (34)

Hugh Pleasant

Francis Ford (61)

Tavern Keeper

Mae Marsh (47)

Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse (47)

West Point Board Officer (uncredited)

Arthur Shields (46)

Griswald (uncredited)

Skippy Wanders

Poe, age 3

Freddie Mercer (13)

Poe, age 12

Erville Alderson (59)

Burke

Peggy McIntyre

Elmira, age 10

Frank Melton (34)

Turner Dixon

Morton Lowry (28)

Charles Dickens

Gilbert Emery (67)

Thomas Jefferson

Edwin Stanley (61)

Dr. Moran

Harry Denny

Kennedy

Hardie Albright (38)

Shelton

Harry Carter (36)

Jefferson's Messenger (uncredited)