
Headmistress Sarah Burton, a left-wing feminist, is disgusted by the social injustices faced by her pupils. In spite of her beliefs, she reluctantly finds herself falling in love with a Tory landowner whose wife is suffering from insanity.

Dorothy Tutin
Sarah Burton

Hermione Baddeley
Mrs. Beddows

Nigel Davenport
Robert Carne

Judi Bowker
Midge Carne

Clive Swift
Alfred E. Huggins

John Cater
Anthony Snaith

Norman Jones
Joe Astell

Lesley Dunlop
Lydia Holly