"In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial."
Robert Donat
as Sir Robert Morton
Cedric Hardwicke
as Arthur Winslow
Margaret Leighton
as Catherine Winslow
Basil Radford
as Desmond Curry
Kathleen Harrison
as Violet
Francis L. Sullivan
as Attorney General
Marie Lohr
as Grace Winslow
Jack Watling
as Dickie Winslow
Walter Fitzgerald
as First Lord
Frank Lawton
as John Watherstone
Neil North
as Ronnie Winslow
Nicholas Hannen
as Col. Watherstone
Mona Washbourne
as Miss Barnes
Stanley Holloway
as Comico
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Wilkinson
Evelyn Roberts
as Hamilton MP
W.A. Kelley
as Brian O'Rourke
Edward Lexy
as First Elderly Member
Vera Cook
as Violet's friend
Hugh Dempster
as Agricultural Member
Gordon McLeod
as 2nd. Elderly Member - Smoking Room
Ivan Samson
as Captain Flower
Kynaston Reeves
as Lord Chief Justice
Charles Groves
as Clerk of the Court
Ernest Thesiger
as Mr. Ridgeley Pierce
Cyril Ritchard
as Himself
Lewis Casson
as Adm. Springfield (uncredited)
Colin Gordon
as Reporter Interviewing Dickie (uncredited)
Mary Hinton
as Mrs. Elliott (uncredited)
David Horne
as Bank Manager (uncredited)
Noel Howlett
as Mr. Williams (uncredited)
Aubrey Mallalieu
as Mr. Roberts (uncredited)
Dandy Nichols
as Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
Philip Ray
as First Speaking Member (uncredited)
Bill Shine
as Fred (uncredited)
Frank Tickle
as Mr. Gunn (uncredited)
Margaret Withers
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Anthony Asquith
Director
Terence Rattigan
Screenplay
Anatole de Grunwald
Gerald Turney-Smith
Editor
Freddie Young
Director of Photography
Producer
Teddy Baird
Associate Producer
Andrej Andrejew
Art Direction
William Chappell
Costume Design
Ronald Kinnoch
Production Manager
Red Law
Sound
Leo Wilkins
John Cox
Sound Supervisor
Ben Hipkins
Sound Editor
William Alwyn
Music
Theatre Play
Ken Ritchie
Boom Operator
Bill Herlihy
Extras Casting
Ray Hearne
Still Photographer