A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.

Gene Hackman
as Gene Garrison

Melvyn Douglas
as Tom Garrison

Dorothy Stickney
as Margaret Garrison

Estelle Parsons
as Alice

Elizabeth Hubbard
as Dr. Margaret 'Peggy' Thayer

Lovelady Powell
as Norma

Daniel Keyes
as Dr. Mayberry

Conrad Bain
as Rev. Sam Pell

Jon Richards
as Marvin Scott

Nikki Counselman
as Waitress