Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love. Ella's life becomes one of missed chances and wrong choices. As she reaches old age, she reflects back and realizes she allowed the years to go by without achieving what she believes to be her true fulfillment. However, her years have not been without glory, and her moment of triumph arrives when her numerous now-famous students from over the years, return to honor their beloved Miss Bishop.
as Ella Bishop
as Sam Peters
as President Corcoran
as Chris Jensen
as Mrs. Bishop
as John Stevens
as Amy Saunders
as Delbert Thompson
as Hope Thompson
as Richard Clark (as Ralph Bowman)
as Gretchen Clark
as Minna Fields
as Anton Radcheck
as Stena