In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy Golden, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.
Robert Preston
as Rubin Flood
Dorothy McGuire
as Cora Flood
Eve Arden
as Lottie Lacey
Angela Lansbury
as Mavis Pruitt
Shirley Knight
as Reenie Flood
Lee Kinsolving
as Sammy Golden
Frank Overton
as Morris Lacey
Penny Parker
as Flirt Conway
Robert Eyer
as Sonny Flood
Robin Warga
as Harold
Ken Lynch
as Harry Ralston
Mary Patton
as Peg Ralston
