Pippa Scott and Majel Barrett are newly graduated teachers. Given their youth, they have a hard time landing jobs, but finally get one at a school in the countryside, where they'll be teaching classes filled with the children of migratory workers; it's a rough element, but rewarding. On the way there, their car breaks down. They are rescued by Robert Harland. There are sparks between him and Miss Scott. Imagine her state of mind when she discovers he's one of her students. Despite her determination to do the right thing, Harland pursues her, causing a lot of gossip.
For a release from Paramount, this was shocking for the era in a way that, had the teacher been a man and the student a girl, it wouldn't have been. Even with the crumbling Production Code, this was a tough subject for 1958. The years have passed, though, and we've seen headlines like this, including cases in which the married teacher carried on an affair with the high-school student. Given the fact that nothing really happens, the impact has died down over the decades. As a result, it's more the portrait of an era than of two people.
For a release from Paramount, this was shocking for the era in a way that, had the teacher been a man and the student a girl, it wouldn't have been. Even with the crumbling Production Code, this was a tough subject for 1958. The years have passed, though, and we've seen headlines like this, including cases in which the married teacher carried on an affair with the high-school student. Given the fact that nothing really happens, the impact has died down over the decades. As a result, it's more the portrait of an era than of two people.