After serving in the army, Nikolai Semenov, nicknamed Kurai Tumbleweed by his fellow villagers, returns to the fishing collective farm and goes to work as a mechanic on a seiner.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Mikhail YezepovNikolai Kurai | Nikolai Kurai |
 Nikolay TrofimovNikolai Ivanovich Gorbunov | Nikolai Ivanovich Gorbunov |
 Nikolai MerzlikinIvan | Ivan |
 Georgi BurkovGorshenin | Gorshenin |
 Mikhail KokshenovUniversity official Vasilyev | University official Vasilyev |
 Yevgeniya SabelnikovaLusya | Lusya |
 Lidiya KonstantinovaTanya | Tanya |
 Valentin GolubenkoAfonya | Afonya |
 Fyodor OdinokovBabai | Babai |
 Viktor ShulginStepan | Stepan |
 Vladimir PitsekNot listed | Not listed |
 Viktor PerevalovKolyanya | Kolyanya |
 Mariya BarabanovaOlimpiada Vasilyevna (as Mari Barabanova) | Olimpiada Vasilyevna (as Mari Barabanova) |
 Vladimir BalonNot listed | Not listed |
| OOleg SavosinNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksandra DanilovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Valentin BryleevNot listed | Not listed |
 Zoya VasilkovaNot listed | Not listed |