Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.
| Writing | Ivan Goff | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ben Roberts | Screenplay |
| Directing | Raoul Walsh | Director |
| Writing | Robert Penn Warren | Novel |
| Camera | Lucien Ballard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Folmar Blangsted | Editor |
| Sound | Carl Sigman | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | John Twist | Screenplay |
| Art | Franz Bachelin | Art Direction |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjorie Best | Costume Design |
| Art | William Wallace | Set Decoration |
