The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springville with her two teenage children Jimmy and Cathy. Eleanor makes friends with the town's social leader Mrs. Wellington, who supports her idea for a town youth center, and she is aided by Tom Griffith, the high school principal. At the town's annual picnic, to which Eleanor has bought a band, the town busy-body Eunice reveals what she had learned from Eleanor's past.
Virginia Field
as Eleanor Carter aka Dixie West
Douglas Kennedy
as Tom Griffith
Les Brown
as Himself
Irene Ryan
as Eunice Johnson
Ellen Corby
as Mrs. Wellington
Judy Busch
as Cathy Carter
Marlene Willis
as Linda Bennett
Gary Vinson
as Jimmy Carter
Luis Amando
as Singer
Frank Sully
as Bum
Gene Roth
as Mr. Harry Johnson
Norman Leavitt
as Mr. Fred Rogers
