
It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper-class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.

Candice Bergen
Lakey

Joan Hackett
Dottie

Elizabeth Hartman
Priss

Shirley Knight
Polly

Joanna Pettet
Kay

Mary-Robin Redd
Pokey

Jessica Walter
Libby

Kathleen Widdoes
Helena

James Broderick
Dr. Ridgeley

James Congdon
Sloan Crockett

Larry Hagman
Harald Peterson

Hal Holbrook
Gus Leroy

Richard Mulligan
Dick Brown

Robert Emhardt
Mr. Andrews

Carrie Nye
Norine

Philippa Bevans
Mrs. Hartshorn
Leta Bonynge
Mrs. Prothero

Marion Brash
Radio Man's Wife
Sarah Burton
Mrs. Davison
Flora Campbell
Mrs. MacAusland
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Buchman
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