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.
Michael Douglas
as Adam Gaines
Lee Purcell
as Jerri Jo Hopper
Joe Don Baker
as Harvey Gavin
Louise Latham
as Mrs. Hopper
Charles Aidman
as Mr. Hopper
Grayson Hall
as Inez Treadly
Marge Redmond
as Cleo
Dana Elcar
as Van Treadly
Ed Call
as Orville
Carolyn Conwell
as Mavis
Butch Youngblood
as Elwood
Greg Joseph
as Ed
