In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Ruben Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman, when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy, 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.

Starring:

Addison Richards, Angela Lansbury, Ben Erway, Charles Seel, Dorothy McGuire, Emerson Treacy, Eve Arden, Frank Overton, Helen Brown, Helen Wallace, Jean Paul King, Ken Lynch, Mary Patton, Nelson Leigh, Paul Birch, Paul Comi, Peg La Centra, Robert Preston, Shirley Knight

Genre:

Drama