Overview

A man with no illusions marries a young woman who is brimming with idealism. She attempts to remake her husband with her overflowing optimism, but the marriage is severely strained when her first pregnancy ends in miscarriage. They separate, and the woman has a number of affairs, but eventually she returns to her husband. They have a daughter, then settle down to a life that is a blend of the husband's worldliness and the wife's idealism.

Top Cast

Burgess Meredith

Narrator (voice)

Tom Rosqui

Henry

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Ina Mela

Lorabella

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Ellen Frye

Noel

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Sonia Berman

Fortune Teller

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Sidney M. Gospe

Doctor

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Harry Hunt

Cyrus the Actor

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Calvin Kentfield

Jim the Fisherman

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Doug Korty

Falbuck Wheelilng

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Jerry Mander

Voice Teacher

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Robert Marquis

Dr. Milton Tugwell

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George Williams Meyers

Minister