Mid 20th century. Industry is developing rapidly and the need for workers in factories is growing. After graduating from the tenth year, Viktor Chernyshyov, now a city dweller, did not bother to continue his education and went to the plant as a turner. He considered it quite normal that the guys enthusiastically listened to the stories of his peer Kolya, a lounger who boasted of victories over women, and participated in his dubious amusements. Only one of them, Pyotr — a real worker, a doctor, tried to reason with Kolya and the others.
Геннадий Корольков
as Viktor Chernyshyov
Валентина Владимирова
as Chernyshyov's mother
Алексей Чернов
as uncle Pavel
Лев Прыгунов
as Anton
Геннадий Сайфулин
as Kolya
Валерий Беляков
as Pyotr
Иван Кузнецов
as Semyon Andreyevich
Dmitri Chukovsky
as Rakhmanov
Василий Шукшин
as Kravchenko
Nadezhda Fedosova
as aunt Tanya
Семён Соколовский
as Anton's father
Владимир Агурейкин
as Ivan Petrovich