The production was one of the early screen appearances of James Dean who died less than two years later.
Her boyfriend Matt Matthewson tells her he has been invited to be a junior partner in his father's firm and proposes marriage.
Matt is called away to a special meeting of the college's student honor committee.
Jim Cooper (played by James Dean) was caught cheating on the final exams.
The committee agrees that, if Jim discloses all the names, they will recommend that all of the cheaters be given another chance to take the exam.
Matt initially resists, but his father urges him to use whatever methods are necessary and not lecture him about what's right and wrong.
The following performers appeared in the production:[1][2] Principal characters Supporting roles "Other Students" The program was broadcast live on October 14, 1953, on the NBC television network.
[1][2] It has been suggested that, like Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Hill's teleplay was an allegory for McCarthyism and the pressure applied on suspects to confess and name their associates.
She found him "shy and sensitive yet fascinating" and was pleased with his ability to expose his "boyish charm" and "deep-down inner sense of humor" in the production.
[4] In December 1991, the production was included in a James Dean festival presented by American Cinematheque in Los Angeles.
[5] It was later remastered and released in 2015 as part of the DVD collection James Dean: The Lost Television Legacy.