A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.

Glenn Ford
as Billy Devlin

Julie Harris
as Anne Devlin

Gary Frank
as Pete Devlin

Allison Argo
as Kathleen

Maggie Cooper
as Betty

Tom Clancy
as Richie Brennan

Harry Gold
as Griffin

Kevin Bacon
as Teddy

M. Emmet Walsh
as Legion Commander

Phillip Pine
as Boop