The Careless Years

A high school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove, and, unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.

• Arthur HillerDirector
• Mitch LindemannScreenplay
• John Howard LawsonScreenplay

• Dean StockwellJerry Vernon
• Natalie TrundyEmily 'Miley' Meredith
• John LarchSam Vernon
• Barbara BillingsleyHelen Meredith
• John StephensonCharles Meredith
• Maureen CassidyHarriet
• Mason Alan DinehartBob Williams (as Alan Dinehart III)
• Virginia ChristineMrs. Vernon
• Robert HyattBiff Vernon (as Bobby Hyatt)
• Hugh SandersUncle Harry
• Claire CarletonAunt Martha (uncredited)