A high school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove, and, unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.

Dean Stockwell
as Jerry Vernon

Natalie Trundy
as Emily 'Miley' Meredith

John Larch
as Sam Vernon

Barbara Billingsley
as Helen Meredith

John Stephenson
as Charles Meredith

Maureen Cassidy
as Harriet

Mason Alan Dinehart
as Bob Williams (as Alan Dinehart III)

Virginia Christine
as Mrs. Vernon

Robert Hyatt
as Biff Vernon (as Bobby Hyatt)

Hugh Sanders
as Uncle Harry