Miriam Wilkins is a teenage girl going door-to-door, trying to get Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, elected to the state senate. However, Bill has no idea that Miriam is doing this, and he has no wish to become a senator. He is a middle-aged war veteran who works at a bank. He feels like a loser and is frustrated by having to live with his wife Ruth's family. Bill wants to be more independent and stand on his own two feet. Ruth's father, the Honorable Judge Harry Wilkins, has already been nominated for state senator. The whole Wilkins family goes into shock when they learn that Bill will run against him in the election. Harry comes to terms with the situation, believing that his chance of winning is considerable. However, Harry becomes very upset by his daughter Miriam's disloyalty when she publishes an article in the local newspaper in which he is described as a political "fathead".... Directed by Richard Haydn Written by Norman Krasna (characters) Arthur Sheekman N. Richard Nash Produced by Richard Maibaum Starring Joan Caulfield William Holden Cinematography Stuart Thompson Edited by Doane Harrison Archie Marshek Music by Joseph J. Lilley Van Cleave Edward Arnold as Judge Wilkins Mary Philips as Mrs. Edie Wilkins Mona Freeman as Miriam Wilkins Joan Caulfield as Ruth Wilkins then Seacroft William Holden as Bill Seacroft Billy De Wolfe as Albert Kummer Arleen Whelan as Tommy Murphy