Cast Jennifer O'Neill as Dorothy Gary Grimes as Hermie Jerry Houser as Oscy Oliver Conant as Benjie Katherine Allentuck as Aggie Christopher Norris as Miriam Lou Frizzell as Druggist Robert Mulligan ( uncredited voice ) as Narrator Older Herman Raucher Walter Scott ( uncredited ) as Dorothy's husband Maureen Stapleton ( uncredited voice ) Production Herman Raucher wrote the film script in the 1950s during his tenure as a television writer, but couldn't give it away.