There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile, Laurey's friend Ado Annie is also torn between two men: cowboy Will and foreign peddler Ali Hakim. Both women struggle to know their own hearts before it's too late.

• Magna Corporation
• Gordon MacRae
• Shirley Jones
• Gloria Grahame
• Charlotte Greenwood
• Eddie Albert
• Rod Steiger
• Jay C. Flippen
• James Whitmore