It stars Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr., Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele and Noah Beery, Jr.

Candy ( Roman Bohnen ), the aged, one-handed ranch-hand, even offers to pitch in with Lennie and George so they can buy the farm by the end of the month.

François Soubirous ( Roman Bohnen ), a former miller now unemployed, is forced to take odd jobs and live at the city jail with his wife ( Anne Revere ), his two sons, and his two daughters.

* Roman Bohnen as François Soubirous

Other portrayals come closer to historical accuracy, particularly Anne Revere and Roman Bohnen as Bernadette's overworked parents, Charles Bickford as Father Peyramale, and Blanche Yurka as formidable Aunt Bernarde.

* Roman Bohnen as Dad Pettyjohn

The Group included Elia Kazan, Harry Morgan ( billed as Harry Bratsburg ), Stella Adler, Robert Lewis, John Garfield ( billed as Jules Garfield ), Canada Lee, Franchot Tone, Phoebe Brand, Ruth Nelson, Will Geer, Howard Da Silva, John Randolph, Joseph Bromberg, Michael Gordon, Paul Green, Clifford Odets, Paul Strand, Morris Carnovsky, Sanford Meisner, Marc Blitzstein, Anna Sokolow and Lee J. Cobb, Roman Bohnen and many others.

The cast included Luther Adler as Joe, Robert Lewis as Roxy, Morris Carnovsky as Joe's father, Roman Bohnen as Tom, and Frances Farmer as Lorna, with Lee J. Cobb, Elia Kazan, Harry Morgan, Howard Da Silva, Karl Malden and John Garfield in supporting roles.

* Roman Bohnen as Warden A. J.

Odets ' Group Theater colleague Roman Bohnen appears in a bit part, as a grief-stricken man with a dying cat.

This is witnessed by Walter O ' Neil ( Mickey Kuhn ), the son of Martha's tutor ( Roman Bohnen ).

* Roman Bohnen as Mr O ' Neil, Walter's father

The son of Reese James Candy and his wife Evangeline ( Aker ) Candy, he was raised in a working-class Roman Catholic family.