At a family gathering, an elderly man reflects on the follies of his youth during his freshman year at college.
William Holden
as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
Bonita Granville
as Martha Scroggs
Ezra Stone
as Alexander "Allie" Bangs
Vaughan Glaser
as Malachi Scroggs
Judith Barrett
as Mirabel Allstairs
Lucien Littlefield
as Professor Sillicocks
Alan Ladd
as Keg Rearick
William Frawley
as Prisoner
Richard Denning
as Briggs
Phillip Terry
as Ransom
Tom Rutherford
as Sam Byers
Aldrich Bowker
as Judge Squire Jennings
