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.

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Cast

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

Timothy Blake

Girl at Party

Richard Derr

Mr. Gaines

Del Monroe

Mutt Peavine

Meg Foster

Joyce