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.
Cast
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
Bruno Di Cosmi
Nils
Leora Dana
Mrs. Renfrew
Bill Fletcher
Bill
George Gaynes
Brook Latham
Martha Greenhouse
Mrs. Bergler
Russell Hardie
Mr. Davison
Vince Harding
Mr. Eastlake
Doreen Lang
Nurse Swenson
Chet London
Radio Man
Baruch Lumet
Mr. Schneider
John O'Leary
Put Blake
Hildy Parks
Nurse Catherine
Lidia Prochnicka
The Baroness
Polly Rowles
Mrs. Andrews
Douglas Rutherford
Mr. Prothero
Truman Smith
Mr. Bergler
Loretta White
Mrs. Eastlake
Arthur Anderson
John Beauchamp (uncredited)
Ron Charles
Dr. Jones (uncredited)
Edward Holmes
Mr. MacAusland (uncredited)
Crew
Sidney Lumet
Director
Sidney Buchman
Screenplay, Producer
Mary McCarthy
Novel
Ralph Rosenblum
Editor
Boris Kaufman
Director of Photography
Dan Eriksen
Assistant Director
Tony Belletier
Assistant Director
Charles K. Feldman
Executive Producer
Henry Spitz
Production Supervisor
Gene Callahan
Production Design
Jessica Levy
Casting
George Newman
Wardrobe Master
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
Frederic Jones
Hairstylist
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Willis Conner
Assistant Art Director
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Editor
Alan Heim
Sound Editor
Dennis Maitland
Sound Mixer
Howard Fortune
Lighting Artist
Charles Gross
Original Music Composer
Marvin March
Set Decoration
Jack Wright Jr.
Set Decoration
Maggie James
Script Supervisor
Edward Knott
Grip
Mel Howard
Unit Production Manager
