Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Natalie Wood	...	Wilma Dean Loomis
	Pat Hingle	...	Ace Stamper
	Audrey Christie	...	Mrs. Loomis
	Barbara Loden	...	Ginny Stamper
	Zohra Lampert	...	Angelina
	Warren Beatty	...	Bud Stamper
	Fred Stewart	...	Del Loomis
	Joanna Roos	...	Mrs. Stamper
	John McGovern	...	Doc Smiley
	Jan Norris	...	Juanita Howard
	Martine Bartlett	...	Miss Metcalf
	Gary Lockwood	...	Allen 'Toots' Tuttle
	Sandy Dennis	...	Kay
	Crystal Field	...	Hazel
	Marla Adams	...	June

Storyline

It's 1928 in oil rich southeast Kansas. High school seniors Bud Stamper and Deanie Loomis are in love with each other. Bud, the popular football captain, and Deanie, the sensitive soul, are "good" kids who have only gone as far as kissing. Unspoken to each other, they expect to get married to each other one day. But both face pressures within the relationship, Bud who has the urges to go farther despite knowing in his heart that if they do that Deanie will end up with a reputation like his own sister, Ginny Stamper, known as the loose, immoral party girl, and Deanie who will do anything to hold onto Bud regardless of the consequences. They also face pressures from their parents who have their own expectation for their offspring. Bud's overbearing father, Ace Stamper, the local oil baron, does not believe Bud can do wrong and expects him to go to Yale after graduation... Written by Huggo  

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