A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri. He journeys cross-country to the funeral, then decides to spend the summer there and work as a laborer for a power-line company. In time, he meets a girl and falls in love but then faces an important decision as to which direction he wants his life to go.
as Adam Gaines
as Jerri Jo Hopper
as Harvey Gavin
as Mrs. Hopper
as Mr. Hopper
as Inez Treadly
as Cleo
as Van Treadly
as Orville
as Mavis
as Elwood
as Ed
as Girl at Party
as Mr. Gaines
as Pearlie
as Marylist
as Rosalie
as Leroy
as Mutt Peavine
as Joyce
as Mrs. Gaines
as Dr. Peters
