The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
Henry Fonda
as Tommy Turner
Olivia de Havilland
as Ellen Turner
Joan Leslie
as Patricia Stanley
Jack Carson
as Joe Ferguson
Eugene Pallette
as Ed Keller
Herbert Anderson
as Michael Barnes
Hattie McDaniel
as Cleota
Ivan F. Simpson
as Dean Frederick Damon
Don DeFore
as Wally Myers
Jean Ames
as "Hot Garters" Gardner
Minna Phillips
as Mrs. Blanche Damon
Regina Wallace
as Mrs. Myrtle Keller
