 Scotty White (age 19) must stop  going steady  with Janice Wilson (age 16) when Janice s parents intervene. Frustrated, idle and without Janice s restraining influence, Scotty encounters Cholly and his band of disorganized, fun-loving delinquents. Soon he has Janice (who seems considerably the more mature of the two) mixed up in their doings, which begin to seem less and less like harmless fun...