Cast
Robert Preston (Rubin Flood)Dorothy McGuire (Cora Flood)Eve Arden (Lottie Lacey)Angela Lansbury (Mavis Pruitt)Shirley Knight (Reenie Flood)Lee Kinsolving (Sammy Golden)Frank Overton (Morris Lacey)Robert Eyer (Sonny Flood)Penney Parker (Flirt Conroy)Ken Lynch (Harry Ralston)Bobby Beakman (Boy)Paul Birch (Jonah Mills)Helen Brown (Mrs. Haycox)Michael Chain (Boy)Paul Comi (Jenkins)John Elman (Boy)Ben Erway (Joseph Moody)Butch Hengen (Boy)
Director
Delbert Mann
Synopsis
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood (Robert Preston) loses his job as a travelling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora (Dorothy McGuire) is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie (Shirley Knight) is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy Golden (Lee Kinsolving), and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt (Dame Angela Lansbury).
