A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri. He journeys cross-country to the funeral, then decides to spend the summer there and work as a laborer for a power-line company. In time, he meets a girl and falls in love but then faces an important decision as to which direction he wants his life to go.
Directed by Robert Scheerer
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Michael Douglas
Adam Gaines
Lee Purcell
Jerri Jo Hopper
Joe Don Baker
Harvey Gavin
Louise Latham
Mrs. Hopper
Charles Aidman
Mr. Hopper
Grayson Hall
Inez Treadly
Marge Redmond
Cleo
Dana Elcar
Van Treadly
Ed Call
Orville
Carolyn Conwell
Mavis
Butch Youngblood
Elwood
Greg Joseph
Ed
Timothy Blake
Girl at Party
Richard Derr
Mr. Gaines
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