"A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother."
Neville Smith
as Hopkins
Carol MacReady
as Wendy
Thora Hird
as Mrs. Hopkins
Derek Thompson
as Skinner
Margaret Courtenay
as Mrs Broadbent
Lynne Carol
as Mrs Tucker
Janine Duvitski
as Maureen
Hugh Lloyd
as Mr Dodds
Julie Walters
as Woman in waiting room
Frank Middlemass
as Doctor
Bernard Wrigley
as Mr Trickett
Alan Igbon
as Boswell
Gillian Martell
as Mrs Garland
Barbara Hicks
as Miss Russell
Olga Grahame
as Bus Conductress
Alan Bennett
as Narrator (voice)
Paul Rosebury
as Apprentice
Stephen Frears
Director
Writer
Jon Costelloe
Editor
Barry Noakes
Director of Photography
George Fenton
Original Music Composer