Hamilton Cade is an alcoholic teacher striving to put his life back together. He accepts a job tutoring an "exceptional child" only to find that young Freddie is mentally retarded. A black man who works for Freddie's father also becomes interested in teaching the child and becomes a second role model for him.
David McCallum, Ossie Davis, George Grizzard, Billy Schulman, Sally Chamberlin, Anthony Jones