"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
Claire Carleton
as Aunt Martha (uncredited)
Edward Lewis
Producer
Leith Stevens
Music
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
Leon Barsha
Editor
McClure Capps
Art Direction
Rudy Butler
Set Decoration
Orbach
Costume Design
Edwin Allen
Makeup Artist
Barney Briskin
Executive In Charge Of Production
John Burch
Assistant Director
William Russell
Sound
Russell Hanlin
Wardrobe Supervisor
Bernice Pontrelli
Conductor
Arthur Hiller
Director
John Howard Lawson
Screenplay
Mitch Lindemann