To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.
Judy Garland
as Pinkie Wingate
Freddie Bartholomew
as Buzz Mitchell
Mary Astor
as Dottie Wingate
Walter Pidgeon
as Richard Thurlow
Alan Hale
as J.J. Slattery
Scotty Beckett
as Billie Wingate
Gene Lockhart
as Arthur Drubbs
Charley Grapewin
as Joe Higgins
Barnett Parker
as Abercrombie
Edgar Dearing
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)