Carl Brown and Annie McGairy are in love. Their Irish immigrant parents knew each other in the old country - and Carl's parents want better for their son than Annie, who was raised in the slums. When Annie runs away to marry Carl while he's at college, they have many difficulties, including a college Dean that frowns upon married couples, Carl's angry parents, Carl's jealousy, and Annie's own problems with her sexuality.
Richard Chamberlain
as Carl Brown
Yvette Mimieux
as Annie McGairy Brown
Arthur Kennedy
as Patrick Brown
Oskar Homolka
as Stan Pulaski
Donald Davis
as Anthony Byrd
Joan Tetzel
as Beverly Karter
Sidney Blackmer
as Dean James Darwent
Virginia Gregg
as Mrs. Lorgan
Chris Noel
as Mary Ellen Kincaid
Bartlett Robinson
as Professor Victor Newcole
Ellen Atterbury
as Marriage License Clerk
Harvey Stephens
as Dr. Marson
