"A World War II evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for murder."
Van Johnson
as Paul Mathry
Vera Miles
as Lena Anderson
Emlyn Williams
as Enoch Oswald
Bernard Lee
as Patrick Mathry
Jean Kent
as Louise Burt
Moultrie Kelsall
as Chief Inspector Dale
Leo McKern
as McEvoy
Geoffrey Keen
as Prison Governor
Jameson Clark
as James Swann
Rosalie Crutchley
as Ella Mathry
Oliver Johnston
as Albert Prusty
Vincent Winter
as Paul as a Boy
Anthony Newlands
as Robert Dunn
Eira Heath
as Mona Spurling
Hope Jackman
as Landlady
Ralph Truman
as Sir Matthew Sprott
Joyce Heron
as Lady Catherine Sprott
as Paul Mathry, Aged 6
Henry Oscar
as Alderman Sharpe
John Glyn-Jones
as Magistrate
Thomas Baptiste
as Haydock
Michael Collins
as Detective Sergeant Trevor
Lynda King
as Miss Williams
Danny Green
as Roach
Emma Young
as Street Walker
Frank Atkinson
as Night Doorman
Jack Cardiff
Director
Laurie Ridley
Still Photographer
Fred Ryan
Sound Recordist
Ken Adam
Art Direction
Maxwell Setton
Producer
Wilkie Cooper
Director of Photography
Ernest Walter
Editor
Douglas Gamley
Music
Peter Thornton
Sound Editor
George Minter
Executive Producer
John R. Sloan
Frank Ernst
Assistant Director
Ronnie Taylor
Camera Operator
Ken Taylor
Screenplay
Joan Smallwood
Hairdresser
Kay Rawlings
Continuity
Charles Poulton
Sound Supervisor
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
A.J. Cronin
Novel
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
Len Shilton
Kenneth Hyde
Adaptation
William Hill
Production Manager