Gene and Finny are two boys who are best friends living in 1943, at the height of World War II. The idea that the boys will most likely be drafted when they turn eighteen is surrounding them, and they are practically forced to live their lives to the fullest. The two boys attend the Devon School, which prepares them for military life that they will most likely be subjected to. The film begins with a narration by an older Gene, traveling back to Devon some years later. The thing he wishes most to see is the tree, which had a great effect on the boys' lives
as Finny
as Gene Forrester
as Mr. Patchwithers
as Elwin “Leper” Lepellier
as Brinker Hadley
as Bobby Zane
as John
as Cliff Quackenbush
as Mrs. Patchwithers
as Mr. Ludsbury
as Dr. Stanpole
as Naval Officer
as Chet Douglass
