After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice. Spence, who lives in a genteel white area and has mostly white friends, feels like an outsider. He visits a bar in a black neighborhood, where he meets a few prostitutes, which doesn't help. Eventually, Spence starts a friendship with the housekeeper, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.

• Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
• Johnny Nash
• Estelle Hemsley
• Ruby Dee
• Frederick O'Neal
• Beah Richards
• Ellen Holly
• Paulene Myers
• Royce Wallace