Scene: An American University.
The Principle has just retired due to old age.
The students have a chance to elect a new Principle of their choice.
Poco (Anthony Quinn) is elected as he is like a student.
He rides a motorcycle and lives with a 21 year old girl, though
he is 53.
The students think he would make things easier, and hand him 12
demands.
Poco can agree to 9 of these, but not the 3 that deal with examinations.
The Trustees and Governors would not agree to students having
any control
over examinations.
Poco asks the students to accept the nine, and try later for the
rest.
The students refuse and take over a computer block. They say they
will destroy
the computers if all 12 of their demands are not met.
Meanwhile, afraid the computers will get damaged, the Trustees
and Governors
call in the riot police.
A truncheon and tear gas battle follows with the arrest of 50
or so students.
Poco bails the students out with University funds, but is still
rejected by the
students for going over to authority.
The film ends with Poco realising how old he is, and not able
to do what
the young students do ….