"Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date."
Elizabeth Taylor
as Cynthia Bishop
George Murphy
as Larry Bishop
S.Z. Sakall
as Prof. Rosenkrantz
Mary Astor
as Louise Bishop
Gene Lockhart
as Dr. Fred I. Jannings
Spring Byington
as Carrie Bishop Jannings
Jimmy Lydon
as Ricky Latham
Scotty Beckett
as Will Parker
Carol Brannon
as Fredonia Jannings
Anna Q. Nilsson
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
Morris Ankrum
as Mr. Phillips, Principal
Kathleen Howard
as Mac McQuillan, Jannings' Nurse
Shirley Johns
as Stella Regan
Barbara Challis
as Alice
Harlan Briggs
as J.M. Dingle, Napoleon Hardware
Will Wright
as Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep
Minerva Urecal
as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
Charles Bradstreet
as Stubby Stubblefield (Uncredited)
Eula Guy
as Bookkeeper (Uncredited)
Tom Leffingwell
as Justice of the Peace (Uncredited)
Mickey Martin
as Cheerleader (Uncredited)
Walter Soderling
as Napoleon High Janitor (Uncredited)
Colleen O'Neill
as Fat Girl (Uncredited)
Erville Alderson
as Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)
William Tannen
Joan Elms
as Student (Uncredited)
Leslie Haar
Dolores Dey
Stanley Haar
Mary Jane Smith
Charles Woolf
Robert Z. Leonard
Director
Harold Buchman
Writer
Viña Delmar
Theatre Play
Charles Kaufman
Irene
Costume Design
Paul G. Chamberlain
Set Decoration
Charles Schoenbaum
Director of Photography
Edwin B. Willis
Edwin H. Knopf
Producer
Cotton Warburton
Editor
Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Douglas Shearer
Sound
Marvin Stuart
Assistant Director
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Rudolph G. Kopp
Robert Franklyn
Additional Music
Harold Byrns
Orchestrator
Gilbert Miller
Presenter
Wally Heglin
Johnny Green