Overview

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.

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Cast

Richard Beymer

Nick Adams

Diane Baker

Carolyn

Corinne Calvet

Contessa

Fred Clark

Mr. Turner

Dan Dailey

Billy Campbell

James Dunn

Telegrapher

Juano Hernández

Bugs

Arthur Kennedy

Dr. Henry Adams

Ricardo Montalban

Major Padula

Paul Newman

The Battler

Susan Strasberg

Rosanna

Jessica Tandy

Mrs. Helen Adams